diff --git a/repmgr.conf.sample b/repmgr.conf.sample
index 9e8ad42b..6e81aa3f 100644
--- a/repmgr.conf.sample
+++ b/repmgr.conf.sample
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ reconnect_interval=10
 # Autofailover options
 failover=automatic
 priority=-1
-promote_command='repmgr promote'
-follow_command='repmgr follow'
+promote_command='repmgr standby promote -f /path/to/repmgr.conf'
+follow_command='repmgr standby follow -f /path/to/repmgr.conf'
 
 # Log level: possible values are DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERR, ALERT, CRIT or EMERG
 # Default: NOTICE