diff --git a/etc/inetd.conf b/etc/inetd.conf
index 03147f810c06..8bc203b6ea11 100644
--- a/etc/inetd.conf
+++ b/etc/inetd.conf
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ ntalk	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/libexec/ntalkd	ntalkd
 #
 #ident	stream	tcp	wait	root	/usr/local/sbin/identd	identd -w -t120
 #
+# example entry for the optional qmail MTA
+#
+#smtp	stream	tcp	nowait	qmaild	/var/qmail/bin/tcp-env	tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
+#
 # Enable the following two entries to enable samba startup from inetd
 # (from the Samba documentation).
 #