diff --git a/settings.json.docker b/settings.json.docker
index da1d51c13..6b4b32426 100644
--- a/settings.json.docker
+++ b/settings.json.docker
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  * 3) if you want to use newlines in the default value of a string parameter,
  *    use "\n" as usual.
  *
- *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT}Line 1\nLine 2"
+ *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT:Line 1\nLine 2}"
  */
 {
   /*
diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 2d856f42e..e6293d87f 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
  * 3) if you want to use newlines in the default value of a string parameter,
  *    use "\n" as usual.
  *
- *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT}Line 1\nLine 2"
+ *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT:Line 1\nLine 2}"
  */
 {
   /*