diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 2473c004f8..f1582d6bac 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@
 #fsync = true
 
 
+#
+#	Write-ahead log (WAL)
+#
+#wal_files = 0 # range 0-64
+#wal_sync_method = fsync   # fsync or fdatasync or open_sync or open_datasync
+# Note: default wal_sync_method varies across platforms
+#wal_debug = 0             # range 0-16
+#commit_delay = 0          # range 0-100000
+#commit_siblings = 5       # range 1-1000
+#checkpoint_segments = 3   # in logfile segments (16MB each), min 1
+#checkpoint_timeout = 300  # in seconds, range 30-3600
+
+
 #
 #	Optimizer Parameters
 #
@@ -92,19 +105,6 @@
 #geqo_random_seed = -1     # auto-compute seed
 
 
-#
-#	Write-ahead log (WAL)
-#
-#wal_files = 0 # range 0-64
-#wal_sync_method = fsync   # fsync or fdatasync or open_sync or open_datasync
-# Note: default wal_sync_method varies across platforms
-#wal_debug = 0             # range 0-16
-#commit_delay = 0          # range 0-100000
-#commit_siblings = 5       # range 1-1000
-#checkpoint_segments = 3   # in logfile segments (16MB each), min 1
-#checkpoint_timeout = 300  # in seconds, range 30-3600
-
-
 #
 #	Debug display
 #