diff --git a/templates/hooks--commit-msg b/templates/hooks--commit-msg
index 0b906caa98..9b04f2d69c 100644
--- a/templates/hooks--commit-msg
+++ b/templates/hooks--commit-msg
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #
 # To enable this hook, make this file executable.
 
+# Uncomment the below to add a Signed-off-by line to the message.
+# SOB=$(git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT | sed -n 's/^\(.*>\).*$/Signed-off-by: \1/p')
+# grep -qs "^$SOB" "$1" || echo "$SOB" >> "$1"
+
 # This example catches duplicate Signed-off-by lines.
 
 test "" = "$(grep '^Signed-off-by: ' "$1" |