diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d7acfb6d..7ef3bc9a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ interface. These modes are useful when testing new menus if you
 only have a remote connection to the VDR (which, in my case, is
 located in the living room and has neither a monitor nor a keyboard).
 
+When running, the 'vdr' program writes status information into the
+system log file (/var/log/messages). You may want to watch these
+messages (tail -f /var/log/mesages) to see if there are any problems.
+
 The video data directory:
 -------------------------