diff --git a/etc/example.conf b/etc/example.conf
index 804051f461..60e639a003 100644
--- a/etc/example.conf
+++ b/etc/example.conf
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
 #alang = fi,en
 
 # Change subtitle encoding. For Arabic subtitles use 'cp1256'.
-#subcp = cp1256
+# If the file seems to be valid UTF-8, prefer UTF-8.
+#subcp = utf8:cp1256
 
 # Enable hardware decoding if available. Often, this requires using an certain
 # video output, otherwise no hardware decoding will be used.