diff --git a/app/config/database.php.default b/app/config/database.php.default
index 8711da01e..ae6b2fb72 100644
--- a/app/config/database.php.default
+++ b/app/config/database.php.default
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class DATABASE_CONFIG {
 		'password' => 'password',
 		'database' => 'database_name',
 		'prefix' => '',
+		//'encoding' => 'utf8',
 	);
 
 	var $test = array(
@@ -91,5 +92,6 @@ class DATABASE_CONFIG {
 		'password' => 'password',
 		'database' => 'test_database_name',
 		'prefix' => '',
+		//'encoding' => 'utf8',
 	);
 }
diff --git a/cake/console/templates/skel/config/database.php.default b/cake/console/templates/skel/config/database.php.default
index 8711da01e..ae6b2fb72 100644
--- a/cake/console/templates/skel/config/database.php.default
+++ b/cake/console/templates/skel/config/database.php.default
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class DATABASE_CONFIG {
 		'password' => 'password',
 		'database' => 'database_name',
 		'prefix' => '',
+		//'encoding' => 'utf8',
 	);
 
 	var $test = array(
@@ -91,5 +92,6 @@ class DATABASE_CONFIG {
 		'password' => 'password',
 		'database' => 'test_database_name',
 		'prefix' => '',
+		//'encoding' => 'utf8',
 	);
 }