diff --git a/roles/openvpn/templates/announcer.j2 b/roles/openvpn/templates/announcer.j2
index 8b4abaf96..0b4a10a63 100755
--- a/roles/openvpn/templates/announcer.j2
+++ b/roles/openvpn/templates/announcer.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ if [ -f /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle ]; then
     # Option #1
     HANDLE=`cat /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle`
     # Option #2: UUID is later used, if openvpn_handle is not set
-# Sourcing a variable from ~4 different places is a recipe for total confusion (or worse!)
+
+# Sourcing a variable from ~4 different places is a recipe for total confusion
+# (or worse!)  Far better to make variable openvpn_handle and file
+# /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle "obligatory" (EMPTY STRING "" IS TOLERATED, in which
+# case OpenVPN server should use /etc/iiab/uuid in lieu of the handle).
+
+# CLARIF: "systemctl restart openvpn@xscenet" still runs even if the above is
+# defied.  e.g. if an implementer deletes /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle by accident.
+
 #else
 #    # Option #3: Dangerous to invoke hypothetical variables :(
 #    source /etc/iiab/iiab.env