diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
index 2b4c39fdfa91..86210f75d233 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ config RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
 	  using the TCG Platform Reset Attack Mitigation specification. This
 	  protects against an attacker forcibly rebooting the system while it
 	  still contains secrets in RAM, booting another OS and extracting the
-	  secrets.
+	  secrets. This should only be enabled when userland is configured to
+	  clear the MemoryOverwriteRequest flag on clean shutdown after secrets
+	  have been evicted, since otherwise it will trigger even on clean
+	  reboots.
 
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