diff --git a/rootfs_overlay/etc/modprobe.conf b/rootfs_overlay/etc/modprobe.conf
index 86f7cab..a697509 100644
--- a/rootfs_overlay/etc/modprobe.conf
+++ b/rootfs_overlay/etc/modprobe.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# This file does *not* specify modules to auto-load at startup,
+# you still need to explicitly load your modules from init.d:
+# https://superuser.com/questions/397842/automatically-load-kernel-module-at-boot-angstrom/1267464#1267464
+
 # Default parameters when loading modules.
 # Especially important due to loading module dependencies:
 # how else would you specify their parameters?