diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 1038e12a9ac..1c5f3d9cf2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 
 ### BUG FIXES
 
+- [config] \#9483 Calling `tendermint init` would incorrectly leave out the new
+  `[storage]` section delimiter in the generated configuration file - this has
+  now been fixed
+
diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index 82eafcb011b..30dcd598e2f 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ peer_query_maj23_sleep_duration = "{{ .Consensus.PeerQueryMaj23SleepDuration }}"
 #######################################################
 ###         Storage Configuration Options           ###
 #######################################################
+[storage]
 
 # Set to true to discard ABCI responses from the state store, which can save a
 # considerable amount of disk space. Set to false to ensure ABCI responses are