diff --git a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
index 6bf85afdc..d2f77fa8f 100644
--- a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
+++ b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ sub checkcryptodb {
 	unless ( "$ret" eq "0" ) {
 		message("CRYPTO WARN: The GnuPG isn't configured corectly. Trying now to fix this.");
 		message("CRYPTO WARN: It's normal to see this on first execution.");
+		message("CRYPTO WARN: If this message is being shown repeatedly, check if time and date are set correctly, and if IPFire can connect via port 11371 TCP.");
 		my $command = "gpg --keyserver pgp.ipfire.org --always-trust --status-fd 2";
 		system("$command --recv-key $myid >> $Conf::logdir/gnupg-database.log 2>&1");
 		system("$command --recv-key $trustid >> $Conf::logdir/gnupg-database.log 2>&1");