diff --git a/conf/tvheadend b/conf/tvheadend
index bbd5a39..1e06f87 100644
--- a/conf/tvheadend
+++ b/conf/tvheadend
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #
 # Default configuration for tvheadend
-#
 
+# systemd
+# See tvheadend --help for more - default "-u hts -g video"
+OPTIONS="-u hts -g video"
+
+# sysvinit
+#
+# Editing the following variables has no effect when using systemd
+# modify the OPTIONS variable (above) instead.
+#
 # TVH_ENABLED
 #   set to 0 to disable upstart job
 TVH_ENABLED=1