diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/.gitignore.tmpl
index 07488ba61a..ac4a90645c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/app/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 *.iws
 .idea/
 
-# Visual Studio Code related
-.vscode/
+# The .vscode folder contains launch configuration and tasks you configure in
+# VS Code which you may wish to be included in version control, so this line
+# is commented out by default.
+#.vscode/
 
 # Flutter/Dart/Pub related
 **/doc/api/
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
index 9d7edcf8be..9f87252c68 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/templates/package/.gitignore.tmpl
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 *.iws
 .idea/
 
-# Visual Studio Code related
-.vscode/
+# The .vscode folder contains launch configuration and tasks you configure in
+# VS Code which you may wish to be included in version control, so this line
+# is commented out by default.
+#.vscode/
 
 # Flutter/Dart/Pub related
 **/doc/api/