diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.sysconf b/src/locking/virtlockd.sysconf
index d44dc464cd..03aea9e1bc 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.sysconf
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.sysconf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Pass extra arguments to virtlockd
-#VIRTLOCKD_ARGS=
+# Customizations for the virtlockd.service systemd unit
+
+VIRTLOCKD_ARGS=""
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.sysconf b/src/logging/virtlogd.sysconf
index 5886f35110..67993e83ce 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.sysconf
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.sysconf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Pass extra arguments to virtlogd
-#VIRTLOGD_ARGS=
+# Customizations for the virtlogd.service systemd unit
+
+VIRTLOGD_ARGS=""
diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.sysconf b/tools/libvirt-guests.sysconf
index 669b046507..0765efec21 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.sysconf
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.sysconf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Customizations for the libvirt-guests.service systemd unit
+
 # URIs to check for running guests
 # example: URIS='default xen:///system vbox+tcp://host/system lxc:///system'
 #URIS=default