diff --git a/openvpn.changes b/openvpn.changes
index 7d84e90..5b5423d 100644
--- a/openvpn.changes
+++ b/openvpn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 29 07:43:00 UTC 2019 - Reinhard Max <max@suse.com>
+
+- Clarify in the service file that the reload action doesn't work
+  when dropping root privileges (boo#1142830).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 25 19:15:00 UTC 2019 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/openvpn.service b/openvpn.service
index 8b94153..79951c1 100644
--- a/openvpn.service
+++ b/openvpn.service
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 PIDFile=/var/run/openvpn/%i.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/openvpn --daemon openvpn@%i --suppress-timestamps --writepid /var/run/openvpn/%i.pid --cd /etc/openvpn/ --config %i.conf
+# boo#1142830: "reload" does not work if openvpn drops root privileges after startup.
 ExecReload=/sbin/killproc -p /var/run/openvpn/%i.pid -HUP /usr/sbin/openvpn
 
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