diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 1cdca33..257ddb8 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # this script is meant to be run only the first time a hub is being set up.
 
 # create a default userlist
-echo "hub-admin admin shared" > userlist
+echo "Use the format \"studentname HUB_NAME-group1\" on each line to add students to groups (10 by default have already been created and permissions appropriately set)" > userlist
+echo "hub-admin admin shared" >> userlist
 mkdir secrets
 make secrets/oauth.env
 make secrets/postgres.env