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diff --git a/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm b/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
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--- a/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ DEVICE must be a \"/dev\" file name."
;; LINUX-MODULES is file names without '.ko', so normalize them.
(provided (map file-name->module-name linux-modules)))
(unless (every (cut member <> provided) modules)
+ ;; Note: What we suggest here is a list of module names (e.g.,
+ ;; "usb_storage"), not file names (e.g., "usb-storage.ko"). This is
+ ;; OK because we have machinery that accepts both the hyphen and the
+ ;; underscore version.
(raise (condition
(&message
(message (format #f (G_ "you may need these modules \