diff --git a/ctrl/newslink.cfg b/ctrl/newslink.cfg
index 754a18979a86891a54b904a883ce61c59c90ae3f..d3169a8fa18610b3c89b8b589ff26fe7c5d7f833 100644
--- a/ctrl/newslink.cfg
+++ b/ctrl/newslink.cfg
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ PASS your.password
 ; The first word must be "AREA"
 ; The second word is the internal code for the sub-board you wish to link (as shown in SCFG)
 ; The third word is the newsgroup name (as it appears on the news server)
+;    If the newsgroup name is the same as in scfg and there are no flags,
+;    the third and fourth field may be omitted.
 ; The fourth word is an optional list of flag characters (see docs/newslink.txt details)
 
 ; Example: