diff --git a/docs/src/starting/sous.md b/docs/src/starting/sous.md
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--- a/docs/src/starting/sous.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Create a user for scone.
 # adduser --disabled-password scone
 ```
 
+<!--- on PinePhone (alpine), I needed to do `passwd -d scone` so that ssh would allow connection, since it starts locked but passwd -d deletes the password -->
+
 Make your scone user have passwordless sudo capability.
 ```
 # echo 'scone ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/scone