diff --git a/home/vimrc b/home/vimrc
index 4226a8d..03bc2e7 100644
--- a/home/vimrc
+++ b/home/vimrc
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ set autoindent
 set history=1000
 " set cursorline
 " use system clipboard as default buffer
-set clipboard=unnamed
+" unnamedplus corresponds to the + register on Linux,
+" representing system clipboard (not X11 clipboard)
+set clipboard=unnamedplus
 
 " set expandtab
 set shiftwidth=4