Index: data/motion-dist.conf.in
--- data/motion-dist.conf.in.orig
+++ data/motion-dist.conf.in
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ log_level 6
 ; target_dir value
 
 # Video device (e.g. /dev/video0) to be used for capturing.
+# Remember that the _motion user will need to have permission to
+# able to access it (e.g. chown _motion /dev/video0), and that
+# recording is disabled unless sysctl kern.video.record=1 is set.
 video_device /dev/video0
 
 # Parameters to control video device.  See motion_guide.html