diff --git a/examples/bugs/gh-119/wrangler.json b/examples/bugs/gh-119/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/bugs/gh-119/wrangler.json
rename to examples/bugs/gh-119/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/bugs/gh-219/wrangler.json b/examples/bugs/gh-219/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/bugs/gh-219/wrangler.json
rename to examples/bugs/gh-219/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/bugs/gh-223/wrangler.json b/examples/bugs/gh-223/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/bugs/gh-223/wrangler.json
rename to examples/bugs/gh-223/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/create-next-app/wrangler.json b/examples/create-next-app/wrangler.jsonc
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rename from examples/create-next-app/wrangler.json
rename to examples/create-next-app/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-pages-router/wrangler.json b/examples/e2e/app-pages-router/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/e2e/app-pages-router/wrangler.json
rename to examples/e2e/app-pages-router/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/wrangler.json b/examples/e2e/app-router/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/e2e/app-router/wrangler.json
rename to examples/e2e/app-router/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/e2e/pages-router/wrangler.json b/examples/e2e/pages-router/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/e2e/pages-router/wrangler.json
rename to examples/e2e/pages-router/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/middleware/wrangler.json b/examples/middleware/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/middleware/wrangler.json
rename to examples/middleware/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.json b/examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 89%
rename from examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.json
rename to examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.jsonc
index 3d215410..97b89027 100644
--- a/examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.json
+++ b/examples/next-partial-prerendering/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   "compatibility_flags": ["nodejs_compat"],
   "assets": {
     "directory": ".open-next/assets",
-    "binding": "ASSETS"
-  }
+    "binding": "ASSETS",
+  },
 }
diff --git a/examples/playground14/wrangler.json b/examples/playground14/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/playground14/wrangler.json
rename to examples/playground14/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/playground15/wrangler.json b/examples/playground15/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/playground15/wrangler.json
rename to examples/playground15/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/ssg-app/wrangler.json b/examples/ssg-app/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ssg-app/wrangler.json
rename to examples/ssg-app/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/vercel-blog-starter/wrangler.json b/examples/vercel-blog-starter/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/vercel-blog-starter/wrangler.json
rename to examples/vercel-blog-starter/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/examples/vercel-commerce/wrangler.json b/examples/vercel-commerce/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/vercel-commerce/wrangler.json
rename to examples/vercel-commerce/wrangler.jsonc
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/create-config-files.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/create-config-files.ts
index aea3f14b..b13f735e 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/create-config-files.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/create-config-files.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,11 @@ import type { ProjectOptions } from "../../project-options.js";
 import { askConfirmation } from "../../utils/ask-confirmation.js";
 
 /**
- * Creates a `wrangler.json` file for the user if a wrangler config file doesn't already exist,
+ * Creates a `wrangler.jsonc` file for the user if a wrangler config file doesn't already exist,
  * but only after asking for the user's confirmation.
  *
  * If the user refuses a warning is shown (which offers ways to opt out of this check to the user).
  *
- * Note: we generate a wrangler.json file with comments instead of using the jsonc extension,
- *       we decided to do that since json is more common than jsonc, wrangler also parses
- *       them in the same way and we also expect developers to associate `wrangler.json`
- *       files to the jsonc language
- *
  * @param projectOpts The options for the project
  */
 export async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOptions): Promise<void> {
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ export async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOpti
     return;
   }
 
-  let wranglerConfig = readFileSync(join(getPackageTemplatesDirPath(), "wrangler.json"), "utf8");
+  let wranglerConfig = readFileSync(join(getPackageTemplatesDirPath(), "wrangler.jsonc"), "utf8");
 
   const appName = getAppNameFromPackageJson(projectOpts.sourceDir) ?? "app-name";
   if (appName) {
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ export async function createWranglerConfigIfNotExistent(projectOpts: ProjectOpti
     );
   }
 
-  writeFileSync(join(projectOpts.sourceDir, "wrangler.json"), wranglerConfig);
+  writeFileSync(join(projectOpts.sourceDir, "wrangler.jsonc"), wranglerConfig);
 }
 
 function getAppNameFromPackageJson(sourceDir: string): string | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/templates/wrangler.json b/packages/cloudflare/templates/wrangler.jsonc
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cloudflare/templates/wrangler.json
rename to packages/cloudflare/templates/wrangler.jsonc