diff --git a/core/skeleton/.gitignore b/core/skeleton/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7d2734cf..0000000000
--- a/core/skeleton/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore everything in this directory
-*
-# Except this file
-!.gitignore
diff --git a/core/skeleton/welcome.txt b/core/skeleton/welcome.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c86eaf91bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/skeleton/welcome.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Welcome to your ownCloud account!
+
+This is just an example file for developers and git users. 
+The packaged and released versions will come with better examples.
+