diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b21419..0d38ba5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In short:
   status (sometimes new hardware revisions are only supported by the latest OpenWRT, which is
   not released yet).
 
-## Help, the build has finished but there's no firmware file!
+## Help! The build has finished but there's no firmware file!
 
 If the build doesn't yield a firmware file (```*-factory.bin``` and/or ```*-sysupgrade.bin```):
 when there's not enough space in the flash memory of the target device to install everything
diff --git a/image-extras/common/root/autoprovision-stage1.sh b/image-extras/common/root/autoprovision-stage1.sh
index 718f253..0728a6f 100755
--- a/image-extras/common/root/autoprovision-stage1.sh
+++ b/image-extras/common/root/autoprovision-stage1.sh
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ setupExtroot()
 exit 0
 EOF
 
-    # TODO FIXME when this is enabled then Chaos Calmer doesn't turn on the network and thus the device remains unreachable
-    # make sure that we shadow the /var -> /tmp symlink with the extroot, so that /var is permanent
+    # TODO FIXME when this below is enabled then Chaos Calmer doesn't turn on the network and the device remains unreachable
+
+    # make sure that we shadow the /var -> /tmp symlink in the new extroot, so that /var becomes persistent across reboots.
 #    mkdir -p ${overlay_root}/var
     # KLUDGE: /var/state is assumed to be transient, so link it to tmp, see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/12228
 #    cd ${overlay_root}/var