diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d29c15fe712f3..51a670b5fbefd 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 src/etc/installer/gfx/* binary
 src/vendor/** -text
 Cargo.lock linguist-generated=false
+config.toml.example linguist-language=TOML
 
 # Older git versions try to fix line endings on images and fonts, this prevents it.
 *.png binary