diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 4e4c335ae18..a51600a606d 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
 app_mode = production
 
+# Once every 24 hours Grafana will report anonymous data to
+# stats.grafana.org (https). No ip addresses are being tracked.
+# only simple counters to track running instances, dashboard
+# count and errors. It is very helpful to us.
+# Change this option to false to disable reporting.
+reporting-enabled = true
+
 [server]
 ; protocol (http or https)
 protocol = http