diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
index e5b0ec7639e3..5781679241ef 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ This module generates a package containing configuration files and link it in /e
 Fontconfig reads files in folder name / file name order, so the number prepended to the configuration file name decide the order of parsing.
 Low number means high priority.
 
+NOTE: Please take extreme care when adjusting the default settings of this module.
+People care a lot, and I mean A LOT, about their font rendering, and you will be
+The Person That Broke It if it changes in a way people don't like.
+
+See prior art:
+- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/194594
+- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/222236
+- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/222689
+
+And do not repeat our mistakes.
+
+- @K900, March 2023
+
 */
 
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: