diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf
index 74233b056c7..d61e32ed51a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Use settings from rpl_1slave_base.cnf
 # add setting to connect the slave to the master by default
 !include rpl_1slave_base.cnf
-!include include/default_client.cnf
-
-
-[mysqld.2]
-
+# Override specific server settings using [mariadb-x.y] option group
+# from `test.cnf` file right after including this file.
+# E.g. after !include ../my.cnf, in your `test.cnf`, specify your configuration
+# in option group e.g [mysqld.x], so that number `x` corresponds to the number
+# in the rpl server topology.