diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 05a5adbb2647..ddc2ce2fe7b0 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.198 2001/10/02 11:15:29 abs Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.199 2001/10/11 11:11:15 martti Exp $
 ###########################################################################
 
 			==========================
@@ -2309,6 +2309,10 @@ E.g:
 	% cvs add patches/patch-aa
 	% cvs ci
 
+The commit message of the initial import should include part of the
+pkg/DESCR file, so people reading the mailing lists know what the
+package is/does.
+
 Please note all package updates/additions in doc/pkg-CHANGES! It's very
 important to keep this file up to date and conforming to the existing
 format, because it will be used by scripts to automatically update pages on