diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index 77279c0f68b..afa99c701b2 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ enabled           = true
 interval_seconds  = 60
 
 # Send internal Grafana metrics to graphite
-[metrics.graphite]
+; [metrics.graphite]
 ; address = localhost:2003
-; prefix = prod.grafana.%(instance_name)s.
+; prefix = service.grafana.%(instance_name)s.
 
 [grafana_net]
 url = https://grafana.net
diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 859ba1675dd..8e3c01cf45e 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ enabled           = true
 ;interval_seconds  = 10
 
 # Send internal metrics to Graphite. %instance_name% in prefix will be replaced with the value of instance_name
-[metrics.graphite]
+; [metrics.graphite]
 ; address = localhost:2003
 ; prefix = service.grafana.%instance_name%