diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 0255658e0..950962b40 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.53 - 
 =====================================
+  Enable dmeventd monitoring section of config file by default.
   Update lvm2 monitoring script to lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in.
   Fix lvm2app test to run under test/api subdirectory only when configured.
   Add vg_is_resizeable() and cleanup reference to VG_RESIZEABLE.
diff --git a/doc/example.conf b/doc/example.conf
index bb400694b..4f57b59e9 100644
--- a/doc/example.conf
+++ b/doc/example.conf
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ activation {
 
 # Event daemon
 #
-# dmeventd {
+dmeventd {
     # mirror_library is the library used when monitoring a mirror device.
     #
     # "libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so" attempts to recover from
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ activation {
     # reconfigures a mirror as necessary. If no mirror library is
     # provided, mirrors are not monitored through dmeventd.
 
-    # mirror_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so"
+    mirror_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so"
 
     # snapshot_library is the library used when monitoring a snapshot device.
     #
@@ -452,6 +452,5 @@ activation {
     # snapshot exceedes 80%. The warning is repeated when 85%, 90% and
     # 95% of the snapshot are filled.
 
-    # snapshot_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so"
-#}
-
+    snapshot_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so"
+}