diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index 8c087c3b07d3c76db9e32fcbcf4943408e1ca49b..4bcc38dae0ae1eddff02463b0370d5b998b41fb6 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int               default_hidepopups = -1;
 	int               default_nostatus = -1;
 	const char        syncterm_termcap[] = "\n# terminfo database entry for SyncTERM\n"
+	    "# compile with tic -x to get the user-defined capabilities for vim (bracketed pasted)\n"
 	    "syncterm|SyncTERM,\n"
 
             // cwin maybe?  Or just left/right and top/bottom margins?