diff --git a/.vim/vimrc b/.vim/vimrc
index 88d14c9..f627a1c 100644
--- a/.vim/vimrc
+++ b/.vim/vimrc
@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cshtml
     \ setlocal ft=csh tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 noexpandtab autoindent
     \ textwidth=79 fileformat=unix conceallevel=0
 
+" no autocomments, for example when entering insert mode above or below a
+" commented line
+autocmd FileType * setlocal formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o
+
+
 augroup line_too_long
 	autocmd!
 	autocmd winEnter,BufEnter * call clearmatches() | call matchadd('ColorColumn', '\%>80v', 100)