diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b37019b..5ac5b02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Generate the hardware configuration
 ```
 $ cd nixos-anywhere
 $ nix run github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere -- --flake ./#digitalocean --generate-hardware-config nixos-generate-config ./nocix/hardware-configuration --target-host root@1.2.3.4
+```
+This apparently destroys the operating system. I'm not sure why.
+
 ```
 $ cd nixos-anywhere
 $ nix run github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere -- --flake ./#digitalocean --target-host root@1.2.3.4