Can't find front-page.php

I have just done a localhost installation of wordpress and am getting a feel for how it works. I am using the twenty eleven theme.

I’ve figured out how to make a static homepage (using the option under Settings>Reading), but I want to customise this page further, firstly by removing the comments section. I assume that I should do this by using a custom page template, and I keep reading that the twenty-eleven theme has a file ‘front-page.php’ for this purpose.

But I cannot find front-page.php – it is not in the twentyeleven theme folder or anywhere else I have thought to look. Have I misunderstood something, or should front-page.php be there? Or am I supposed to create it myself? I tried reinstalling the theme but that did not help.

Any help would be appreciated.