diff --git a/src/etc/root/root.mail b/src/etc/root/root.mail
index db77d86d..f30a6c7e 100644
--- a/src/etc/root/root.mail
+++ b/src/etc/root/root.mail
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ been developers themselves).
 If you wish to ensure that OpenBSD runs better on your machines, please do us
 a favor (after you have your mail system setup!) and type
 	dmesg | mail dmesg@openbsd.org
-So that we can see what kinds of configurations people are running.  We will
+so that we can see what kinds of configurations people are running.  We will
 use this information to improve device driver support in future releases.
+(We would be much happier if this information was for the supplied GENERIC
+kernel; not for a custom compiled kernel).
 
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