diff --git a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
index 3627cf40fc98f1a2a9a03f3996475702c442ea0a_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU=..a6de7a8b0a43f09ec0170b8d014c960b2647348e_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
+++ b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 ## yaml format and the spaces must be retained. Using tabs will not work.
 
 # gitlab_rails['ldap_enabled'] = false
-# gitlab_rails['ldap_servers'] = YAML.load <<-EOS # remember to close this block with 'EOS' below
+# gitlab_rails['ldap_servers'] = YAML.load <<-'EOS' # remember to close this block with 'EOS' below
 #   main: # 'main' is the GitLab 'provider ID' of this LDAP server
 #     label: 'LDAP'
 #     host: '_your_ldap_server'