diff --git a/cowrie.cfg.dist b/cowrie.cfg.dist
index 9e40e984..63c2ab0e 100644
--- a/cowrie.cfg.dist
+++ b/cowrie.cfg.dist
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ logfile = log/cowrie.json
 
 # SQLite3 logging module
 #
-# Logging to SQLite3 database
+# Logging to SQLite3 database. To init the database, use the script
+# doc/sql/sqlite3.sql:
+#     sqlite3 <db_file> < doc/sql/sqlite3.sql
 #
 # [output_sqlite]
 # db_file = cowrie.db