diff --git a/docs/ssh.md b/docs/ssh.md
index a19183416..014a66b1b 100644
--- a/docs/ssh.md
+++ b/docs/ssh.md
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ that this is a Pod-wide setting, unlike the container `securityContext` above.
 If you want git-sync to run as a different (non-root) UID and GID, you can
 change these last blocks to any UID/GID you like.  SSH demands that the current
 UID be present in /etc/passwd, so in this case you will need to add the
-`--add-user` flag to git-sync's args array.
+`--add-user` flag to git-sync's args array. Also, you need to change
+`GIT_SYNC_ROOT` to some other location, say `/workspace`, instead of
+`$HOME/git` as the `$HOME` will be `/` for the user and `GIT_SYNC_ROOT` will
+end up in `//git` which which the non-root user can't create.
 
 **Note:** Kubernetes mounts the Secret with permissions 0444 by default (not
 restrictive enough to be used as an SSH key), so make sure you set the