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@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ invocations. To do so, mount a volume to ~$HOME/.cache/guix~ (replacing ~$HOME~
 will be set to within the container).
 
 SSL certificates are included and configured for use in the container (via the ~nss-certs~
-package). However, it is recommended to use your hosts certificate files via a volume mount.
+package). Its important to note that if a users mounts their guix hosts certificates, they
+must also mount its store as the certificate files in /etc/ssl/certs will be links to files
+in the store.
 
 A complete example is given below, where the aforementioned volumes are mounted, ~HOME~ is
 set to ~/tmp~, and a volume for retaining the guix cache between invocations is put in place.