diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/sysctl.conf b/package/base-files/files/etc/sysctl.conf
index ae04212f42..9ce5061657 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/sysctl.conf
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-# Defaults are configured in /etc/sysctl.d/* and can be customized in this file
+# User defined entries should be added to this file not to /etc/sysctl.d/* as
+# that directory is not backed-up by default and will not survive a reimage