diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/sysklogd.conf b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/sysklogd.conf
index 8487cd8f..f69a40c7 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/sysklogd.conf
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/sysklogd.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+# This service provides the same sync condition as the BusyBox syslogd,
+# which allows us to create a barrier at boot for services that might
+# otherwise leak log messages to console.
+
 service name:syslogd env:-/etc/default/sysklogd <run/udevadm:5/success> \
 	[S0123456789] syslogd -F $SYSLOGD_ARGS -- System log daemon