diff --git a/data/configuration.example.yaml b/data/configuration.example.yaml
index 7506fd7b8..3a7240b2d 100644
--- a/data/configuration.example.yaml
+++ b/data/configuration.example.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Zigbee2MQTT configuration
+#   Please stop Zigbee2MQTT before editing this file, otherwise your changes will be overwritten.
+
 # Indicates the configuration version (used by configuration migrations)
 version: 5