diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
index aab108e82f788b218291b8fba781e2c6994a4058..6047ed4e8a3d613be04b9487b29749f96e82cc18 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ config RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
 	  using the TCG Platform Reset Attack Mitigation specification. This
 	  protects against an attacker forcibly rebooting the system while it
 	  still contains secrets in RAM, booting another OS and extracting the
-	  secrets.
+	  secrets. This should only be enabled when userland is configured to
+	  clear the MemoryOverwriteRequest flag on clean shutdown after secrets
+	  have been evicted, since otherwise it will trigger even on clean
+	  reboots.
 
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