diff --git a/checks/morph/template/configuration.nix b/checks/morph/template/configuration.nix
index 561385a3f..133705497 100644
--- a/checks/morph/template/configuration.nix
+++ b/checks/morph/template/configuration.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
     (modulesPath + "/profiles/minimal.nix")
   ];
 
-  clan.core.setDefaults = false;
+  clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults = false;
 }
diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/defaults.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/defaults.nix
index 97781d729..3472200ea 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/defaults.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/defaults.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@
   ...
 }:
 {
-  options.clan.core.setDefaults = (lib.mkEnableOption "Clan defaults") // {
+  options.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.bool;
+    description = ''
+      Whether to enable recommended default settings for NixOS by Clan.
+
+      These settings are entirely optional and are not necessary for using Clan.
+
+      This enables the new systemd in stage-1, disables some options that increase the closure size
+      and adds some extra packages for debugging like `tcpdump` and `dnsutils`.
+    '';
     default = true;
     example = false;
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkIf config.clan.core.setDefaults {
+  config = lib.mkIf config.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults {
     # Use systemd during boot as well except:
     # - systems with raids as this currently require manual configuration: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/210210
     # - for containers we currently rely on the `stage-2` init script that sets up our /etc
diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/networking.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/networking.nix
index dcfb84b66..390e6e9e1 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/networking.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/networking.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       ]
     )
   ];
-  config = lib.mkIf config.clan.core.setDefaults {
+  config = lib.mkIf config.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults {
     # conflicts with systemd-resolved
     networking.useHostResolvConf = false;
 
diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/nix-settings.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/nix-settings.nix
index 2fc906ad3..2cab5e8d3 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/nix-settings.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/nix-settings.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, config, ... }:
 # Taken from:
 # https://github.com/nix-community/srvos/blob/main/nixos/common/nix.nix
-lib.mkIf config.clan.core.setDefaults {
+lib.mkIf config.clan.core.enableRecommendedDefaults {
   # Fallback quickly if substituters are not available.
   nix.settings.connect-timeout = 5;