diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-next b/RELEASE-NOTES-next
index 45c92721..439fa905 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-next
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-next
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ strongly encouraged to upgrade.
   • i3bar: properly close file descriptors
   • i3bar: properly restart status command after config change
   • i3bar: exit with 1 when a wrong command line argument is used
+  • fix commented-out rofi call in default i3 config
diff --git a/etc/config b/etc/config
index 19cb8c48..ce22fd3d 100644
--- a/etc/config
+++ b/etc/config
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bindsym Mod1+Shift+q kill
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindsym Mod1+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run
 # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
-# bindsym Mod1+d exec rofi -modi drun,run -show drun
+# bindsym Mod1+d exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun"
 # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
 # .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
 # bindsym Mod1+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
diff --git a/etc/config.keycodes b/etc/config.keycodes
index a02c0046..f76d5a71 100644
--- a/etc/config.keycodes
+++ b/etc/config.keycodes
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ bindcode $mod+Shift+24 kill
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run
 # A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
-# bindcode $mod+40 exec rofi -modi drun,run -show drun
+# bindcode $mod+40 exec "rofi -modi drun,run -show drun"
 # There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
 # .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
 # bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop