diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
index 3a1c4ffed..bc9cb228f 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/state.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
             default = ":";
             description = ''
               script to run before restoring the state dir from a backup
+
+              Utilize this to stop services which currently access these folders
             '';
           };
           postRestoreScript = lib.mkOption {
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
             default = ":";
             description = ''
               script to restore the service after the state dir was restored from a backup
+
+              Utilize this to start services which were previously stopped
             '';
           };
         };