diff --git a/databases/couchdb/pkg-plist b/databases/couchdb/pkg-plist
index c00f61325fb1..1f9e28424c6b 100644
--- a/databases/couchdb/pkg-plist
+++ b/databases/couchdb/pkg-plist
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ bin/couch-config
 bin/couchdb
 bin/couchjs
 etc/couchdb/default.ini
-@owner couchdb
-@sample etc/couchdb/local.ini.sample
-@owner
+@sample(couchdb,,) etc/couchdb/local.ini.sample
 etc/logrotate.d/couchdb
 lib/couchdb/bin/couchjs
 lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-%%VERSION%%/ebin/couch.app