diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index aac0f3e..78ae230 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ set expandtab
 let g:EditorConfig_exclude_patterns = ['fugitive://.*', 'scp://.*']
 let g:EditorConfig_enable_for_new_buf = 1
 
+" When joining lines, remove the second line's leading comment characters
+set formatoptions+=j
+
 " Disable error bells
 set belloff=all