diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index e880c2e791..edac3bc4ac 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
-# General private symbols. See Makefile.am.
+# General private symbols. Add symbols here, and see Makefile.am for
+# more details.
 #