diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index be96831d254c..242d27aff75b 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cron.*						/var/log/cron
 *.=debug					/var/log/debug.log
 *.emerg						*
 # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/console.log
+# touch /var/log/console.log and chmod it to mode 600 before it will work
 #console.info					/var/log/console.log
 # uncomment this to enable logging of all log messages to /var/log/all.log
 # touch /var/log/all.log and chmod it to mode 600 before it will work