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diff --git a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service

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--- a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# This assumes that Synapse has been installed as a system package
+# (e.g. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/matrix-synapse/ for ArchLinux)
+# rather than in a user home directory or similar under virtualenv.
+
 [Unit]
 Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver