diff --git a/conf/settings.json b/conf/settings.json
index 20c2398..00fcf9c 100644
--- a/conf/settings.json
+++ b/conf/settings.json
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
   // Option to hide/show the settings.json in admin page, default option is set to true
   "showSettingsInAdminPage" : true,
 
+/*
+   * Skin name.
+   *
+   * Its value has to be an existing directory under src/static/skins.
+   * You can write your own, or use one of the included ones:
+   *
+   * - "no-skin":  an empty skin (default before 1.8). This yields the unmodified,
+   *               traditional Etherpad theme.
+   * - "colibris": the new experimental skin which became the default one since Etherpad 1.8.
+   */
+  "skinName": "colibris",
+
   /*
   // Node native SSL support
   // this is disabled by default