diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.conf b/src/remote/libvirtd.conf
index 4aed7e7469..9c0080dc06 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.conf
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.conf
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@
 #    4: ERROR
 #
 # Multiple filters can be defined in a single @filters, they just need to be
-# separated by spaces.
+# separated by spaces. Note that libvirt performs "first" match, i.e. if
+# there are concurrent filters, the first one that matches will be applied,
+# given the order in log_filters.
 #
 # e.g. to only get warning or errors from the remote layer and only errors
 # from the event layer: