diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
index 5bdc2cc06..4afafaf08 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ image = "@IMAGEPATH@"
 # Toggling that setting may trigger different hardware features, ranging
 # from memory encryption to both memory and CPU-state encryption and integrity.
 # The Kata Containers runtime dynamically detects the available feature set and
-# aims at enabling the largest possible one.
+# aims at enabling the largest possible one, returning an error if none is
+# available, or none is supported by the hypervisor.
 #
 # Known limitations:
 # * Does not work by design:
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index 00c5dbfff..af5c58364 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ machine_type = "@MACHINETYPE@"
 # Toggling that setting may trigger different hardware features, ranging
 # from memory encryption to both memory and CPU-state encryption and integrity.
 # The Kata Containers runtime dynamically detects the available feature set and
-# aims at enabling the largest possible one.
+# aims at enabling the largest possible one, returning an error if none is
+# available, or none is supported by the hypervisor.
 #
 # Known limitations:
 # * Does not work by design: