diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
index 0f61a53ac8cd..968d993ae843 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ boxplot.capprops.color: k
boxplot.capprops.linestyle: -
boxplot.capprops.linewidth: 1.0
boxplot.flierprops.color: b
-boxplot.flierprops.linestyle: -
+boxplot.flierprops.linestyle: none
boxplot.flierprops.linewidth: 1.0
boxplot.flierprops.marker: +
boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor: k
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
index 0aa172251f82..16c78d43967d 100644
--- a/matplotlibrc.template
+++ b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -102,6 +102,50 @@ backend : %(backend)s
#patch.edgecolor : black
#patch.antialiased : True # render patches in antialiased (no jaggies)
+### Boxplot
+#boxplot.notch : False
+#boxplot.vertical : True
+#boxplot.whiskers : 1
+#boxplot.bootstrap : None
+#boxplot.patchartist : False
+#boxplot.showmeans : False
+#boxplot.showcaps : True
+#boxplot.showbox : True
+#boxplot.showfliers : True
+#boxplot.meanline : False
+
+#boxplot.flierprops.color : 'k'
+#boxplot.flierprops.marker : 'o'
+#boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor : 'none'
+#boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor : 'k'
+#boxplot.flierprops.markersize : 6
+#boxplot.flierprops.linestyle : 'none'
+#boxplot.flierprops.linewidth : 1.0
+
+#boxplot.boxprops.color : 'k'
+#boxplot.boxprops.linewidth : 1.0
+#boxplot.boxprops.linestyle : '-'
+
+#boxplot.whiskerprops.color : 'k'
+#boxplot.whiskerprops.linewidth : 1.0
+#boxplot.whiskerprops.linestyle : '-'
+
+#boxplot.capprops.color : 'k'
+#boxplot.capprops.linewidth : 1.0
+#boxplot.capprops.linestyle : '-'
+
+#boxplot.medianprops.color : 'b'
+#boxplot.medianprops.linewidth : 1.0
+#boxplot.medianprops.linestyle : '-'
+
+#boxplot.meanprops.color : 'b'
+#boxplot.meanprops.marker : '^'
+#boxplot.meanprops.markerfacecolor : 'b'
+#boxplot.meanprops.markeredgecolor : 'b'
+#boxplot.meanprops.markersize : 6
+#boxplot.meanprops.linestyle : 'none'
+#boxplot.meanprops.linewidth : 1.0
+
### FONT
#
# font properties used by text.Text. See