diff --git a/etc/zuul.conf-sample b/etc/zuul.conf-sample
index d7b8eae..df4c008 100644
--- a/etc/zuul.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/zuul.conf-sample
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@
 port=25
 default_from=zuul@example.com
 default_to=you@example.com
+
+[connection mydatabase]
+driver=sql
+dburi=mysql+pymysql://user@localhost/zuul