diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-next b/RELEASE-NOTES-next
index c52a49ad..d853f46a 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-next
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-next
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ strongly encouraged to upgrade.
   • make dock client order deterministic (sorted by class/instance) as a
     side effect, i3bars without an explicit bar-id will be sorted according
     to their definition order in the config file
+  • mention rofi in default config file
 
  ┌────────────────────────────┐
  │ Bugfixes                   │
diff --git a/etc/config b/etc/config
index 2591c187..67bcb147 100644
--- a/etc/config
+++ b/etc/config
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ bindsym Mod1+Shift+q kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindsym Mod1+d exec dmenu_run
-# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
-# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
-# installed.
+# A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
+# bindsym Mod1+d exec rofi -modi drun,run -show drun
+# There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
+# .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
 # bindsym Mod1+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
 
 # change focus
diff --git a/etc/config.keycodes b/etc/config.keycodes
index 951c0a23..35468bf0 100644
--- a/etc/config.keycodes
+++ b/etc/config.keycodes
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ bindcode $mod+Shift+24 kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindcode $mod+40 exec dmenu_run
-# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
-# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
-# installed.
-# bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
+# A more modern dmenu replacement is rofi:
+# bindcode $mod+40 exec rofi -modi drun,run -show drun
+# There also is i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications shipping a
+# .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that installed.
+bindcode $mod+40 exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
 
 # change focus
 bindcode $mod+44 focus left