diff --git a/init.d/mtab.in b/init.d/mtab.in
index 51575b4..13b49f9 100644
--- a/init.d/mtab.in
+++ b/init.d/mtab.in
@@ -20,12 +20,20 @@ start()
 	elif [ ! -e /etc/mtab ]; then
 		ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
 	else
-		ewarn "The support for updating /etc/mtab as a file is"
-		ewarn "deprecated and will be removed in the future."
-		ewarn "Please run the following command as root on your system."
+		ewarn "The OpenRC mtab script has been deprecated and will be"
+		ewarn "removed from the boot runlevel in future installs in"
+		ewarn "favor of a symlink. The symlink improves compatibility"
+		ewarn "with mount namespaces and installing it is recommended."
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "You can install the symlink on your system by running"
+		ewarn "the following command as root:"
 		ewarn
 		ewarn "ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab"
 		ewarn
+		ewarn "Afterward, you can remove mtab from the boot runlevel:"
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "rc-update delete mtab boot"
+		ewarn
 
 		# With / as tmpfs we cannot umount -at tmpfs in localmount as that
 		# makes / readonly and dismounts all tmpfs even if in use which is