diff --git a/docs/features/comments.md b/docs/features/comments.md
index f17060b02..48037735a 100644
--- a/docs/features/comments.md
+++ b/docs/features/comments.md
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Quartz also exposes a few of the other Giscus options as well and you can provid
 ```ts
 type Options = {
   provider: "giscus"
-  respectFrontmatter?: boolean
   options: {
     repo: `${string}/${string}`
     repoId: string
@@ -118,11 +117,11 @@ afterBody: [
 
 #### Conditionally display comments
 
-Quartz can conditionally display the comment box based on a field `comments` in the frontmatter. To enable this feature, set `respectFrontmatter` to `true` & adjust pages where comments should be enabled:
+Quartz can conditionally display the comment box based on a field `comments` in the frontmatter. By default, all pages will display comments, to disable it for a specific page, set `comments` to `false`.
 
 ```
 ---
-title: Comments enabled here!
-comments: true
+title: Comments disabled here!
+comments: false
 ---
 ```
diff --git a/quartz/components/Comments.tsx b/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
index d8f06a242..5f379a1bd 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Comments.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import script from "./scripts/comments.inline"
 
 type Options = {
   provider: "giscus"
-  respectFrontmatter?: boolean
   options: {
     repo: `${string}/${string}`
     repoId: string
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export default ((opts: Options) => {
     // check if comments should be displayed according to frontmatter
     const commentsFlag: boolean =
       fileData.frontmatter?.comments === true || fileData.frontmatter?.comments === "true"
-    if ((opts.respectFrontmatter ?? false) && !commentsFlag) {
+    if (!commentsFlag) {
       return <></>
     }