From 5c85c5098ecee0ce9f63618d6558510b6fdb3387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: D12R <github@d12r.io>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:24:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adds further documentation during the installation script.
 (#12248)

---
 install/elementsynapse-install.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install/elementsynapse-install.sh b/install/elementsynapse-install.sh
index c5f95f6f0..2d4523589 100644
--- a/install/elementsynapse-install.sh
+++ b/install/elementsynapse-install.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" setup_nodejs
 
+echo "${TAB3}It is important to choose the name for your server before you install Synapse, because it cannot be changed later."
+echo "${TAB3}The server name determines the “domain” part of user-ids for users on your server: these will all be of the format @user:my.domain.name. It also determines how other matrix servers will reach yours for federation."
 read -p "${TAB3}Please enter the name for your server: " servername
 
 msg_info "Installing Element Synapse"