diff --git a/yadm.1 b/yadm.1
index 94ad229..ce82c9a 100644
--- a/yadm.1
+++ b/yadm.1
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ If no "##default" version exists and no files have valid conditions, then no
 link will be created.
 
 Links are also created for directories named this way, as long as they have at
-least one yadm managed file within them.
+least one yadm managed file within them (at the top level).
 
 yadm will automatically create these links by default. This can be disabled
 using the