diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dcc32eea0..ea4019376 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ require changes in the slideshow.
 
 ## Modules ##
 
+ - *initramfs* has been changed from a Python module to a C++ module.
+   Packaging will need to adjust now it installs a .so instead of a .py.
+   The module itself functions as before. It does have a new configuration
+   option, to change the version passed as to the `-k` option of
+   update-initramfs. #1180
  - *partition* Now has its own setting for *requiredStorage*, duplicating
    the same setting in the *welcome* module. This is useful for
    configurations where no *welcome* module is used, but a minimum
diff --git a/src/modules/initramfs/initramfs.conf b/src/modules/initramfs/initramfs.conf
index a399e9212..c9803a3b1 100644
--- a/src/modules/initramfs/initramfs.conf
+++ b/src/modules/initramfs/initramfs.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 #  - any other string.
 #
 # Whatever is set, that string is passed as *version* argument to the
-# `-k` option of *update-initramfs*.
+# `-k` option of *update-initramfs*. Take care that both "$uname" operates
+# in the host system, and might not be correct if the target system is
+# updated (to a newer kernel) as part of the installation.
 #
 # The default is empty/unset, leading to the behavior from Calamares
 # 3.2.9 and earlier which passed "all" as version.