diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 88110cb6..b9ca0c51 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/decred/dcrd/database"
 	_ "github.com/decred/dcrd/database/ffldb"
 	"github.com/decred/dcrd/mempool"
+	"github.com/decred/dcrd/sampleconfig"
 	"github.com/decred/dcrutil"
 )
 
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ func createDefaultConfigFile(destPath string) error {
 	// file contents with their generated values.
 	rpcUserRE := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^;\s*rpcuser=[^\s]*$`)
 	rpcPassRE := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^;\s*rpcpass=[^\s]*$`)
-	s := rpcUserRE.ReplaceAllString(sampleConfigFileContents, rpcUserLine)
+	s := rpcUserRE.ReplaceAllString(sampleconfig.FileContents, rpcUserLine)
 	s = rpcPassRE.ReplaceAllString(s, rpcPassLine)
 
 	// Create config file at the provided path.
diff --git a/sampleconfig.go b/sampleconfig/sampleconfig.go
similarity index 98%
rename from sampleconfig.go
rename to sampleconfig/sampleconfig.go
index 7f26de59..8464a833 100644
--- a/sampleconfig.go
+++ b/sampleconfig/sampleconfig.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package main
+package sampleconfig
 
-var sampleConfigFileContents = `[Application Options]
+// FileContents is a string containing the commented example config for dcrd.
+var FileContents = `[Application Options]
 
 ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Data settings