diff --git a/hghooks/example-hgrc b/hghooks/example-hgrc
--- a/hghooks/example-hgrc
+++ b/hghooks/example-hgrc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # hooks are run in the order in which they appear:
 # any hooks which can veto an action (require-singlehead) should be run before
 # hooks which make permanent logs (record-changeset-info)
 
+[example]
+blah = lkasjdf
+
 [hooks]
 pretxnchangegroup.singlehead = python:mozhghooks.single_head_per_branch.hook
 pretxnchangegroup.linearhistory = python:mozhghooks.pushlog.log