diff --git a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
index feb641894..e060105de 100755
--- a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
+++ b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   freeipmi - Multigraph-plugin to monitor sensors using FreeIPMI
 
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
+When used to monitor the local host, plugin config should define user root for direct ipmi access:
+	[freeipmi]
+		user root
 
 =head2 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES