diff --git a/awesomerc.lua b/awesomerc.lua
index 6934d522d..56f1db831 100755
--- a/awesomerc.lua
+++ b/awesomerc.lua
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ awful.rules.rules = {
         }
       }, properties = { floating = true }},
 
-    -- Set Firefox to always map on tags number 2 of screen 1.
+    -- Set Firefox to always map on the tag named "2" on screen 1.
     -- { rule = { class = "Firefox" },
-    --   properties = { tag = tags[1][2] } },
+    --   properties = { screen = 1, tag = "2" } },
 }
 -- }}}
 
diff --git a/lib/awful/rules.lua b/lib/awful/rules.lua
index a001e8fc9..7724050b5 100644
--- a/lib/awful/rules.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/rules.lua
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ To match multiple clients with an exception one can couple `rules.except` or
 
     { rule_any = { class = { "Pidgin", "Xchat" } },
       except_any = { role = { "conversation" } },
-      properties = { tag = tags[1][1] }
+      properties = { tag = "1" }
     }
 
     { rule = {},