diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fdc099a1f..cd04335c2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ikiwiki (1.37) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     page, when the cgi url isn't known.
   * svn was used as the RCS by default unless configured otherwise,
     now it defaults to using no RCS unless configured to do so, to avoid some
-    suprising behavior.
+    suprising behavior when using a setup file and not uncommenting any RCS
+    options.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:51:49 -0500