diff --git a/alembic/templates/async/alembic.ini.mako b/alembic/templates/async/alembic.ini.mako
index 02ddb9e1..f97e2d66 100644
--- a/alembic/templates/async/alembic.ini.mako
+++ b/alembic/templates/async/alembic.ini.mako
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ prepend_sys_path = .
 # version_path_separator = ;
 # version_path_separator = space
 # version_path_separator = newline
-version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+#
+# Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+version_path_separator = os
 
 # set to 'true' to search source files recursively
 # in each "version_locations" directory
diff --git a/alembic/templates/generic/alembic.ini.mako b/alembic/templates/generic/alembic.ini.mako
index fb709232..4fc5d01a 100644
--- a/alembic/templates/generic/alembic.ini.mako
+++ b/alembic/templates/generic/alembic.ini.mako
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ prepend_sys_path = .
 # version_path_separator = ;
 # version_path_separator = space
 # version_path_separator = newline
-version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+#
+# Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+version_path_separator = os
 
 # set to 'true' to search source files recursively
 # in each "version_locations" directory
diff --git a/alembic/templates/multidb/alembic.ini.mako b/alembic/templates/multidb/alembic.ini.mako
index 687da570..116bd4a8 100644
--- a/alembic/templates/multidb/alembic.ini.mako
+++ b/alembic/templates/multidb/alembic.ini.mako
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ prepend_sys_path = .
 # version_path_separator = ;
 # version_path_separator = space
 # version_path_separator = newline
-version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+#
+# Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+version_path_separator = os
 
 # set to 'true' to search source files recursively
 # in each "version_locations" directory