diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
index d221659b..56d62ca5 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ indexstemminglanguages = english
 # unac_except_trans = Ää Öö Üü ää öö üü ßss
 # In French, you probably want to decompose oe and ae
 # unac_except_trans = œoe Œoe æae Æae
-# Actually, this seems a reasonable default for all until someone protests.
-unac_except_trans = åå Åå ää Ää öö Öö üü Üü ßss œoe Œoe æae ÆAE fifi flfl
+# Actually, this seems a reasonable default for all until someone
+# protests. These decompositions are not performed by unac, but I
+# cant imagine someone typing the composed forms in a search.
+unac_except_trans = ßss œoe Œoe æae ÆAE fifi flfl
 
 # Maximum expansion count for a single term (ie: when using wildcards).
 # We used to not limit this at all (except for filenames where the limit