diff --git a/examples/example.borg b/examples/example.borg
index 60d0aaddde688a53e589f892b248b8678ec078cd..2e7d62734a1ecd77a51409977c36ad7f96b4958a 100644
--- a/examples/example.borg
+++ b/examples/example.borg
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ include = /etc
 include = /root
 include = /home
 include = /usr/local
+include = /var
 
 ## files to exclude from the backup
-include = /var
 exclude = /var/lock
 exclude = /var/run
 exclude = /var/cache