diff --git a/man/sysusers.d.xml b/man/sysusers.d.xml
index a76dda954b1..e15c1b2eee5 100644
--- a/man/sysusers.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysusers.d.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ r - 500-900
Only applies to lines of type u and should otherwise
be left unset (or -). It is recommended to omit this, unless
software strictly requires a home directory to be set.
+
+ systemd-sysusers only sets the home directory record in the
+ user database. To actually create the directory, consider adding a corresponding
+ tmpfiles.d5
+ fragment.