diff --git a/TROUBLESHOOTING b/TROUBLESHOOTING
index 28ad2cd59..6ecf13f72 100644
--- a/TROUBLESHOOTING
+++ b/TROUBLESHOOTING
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ A) Make sure you have an entry in your syslog.conf file to save
     depending whether you want to forward the messages to another
     host or keep them locally.  Don't forget to send a SIGHUP to
     your syslogd so that it re-reads its conf file.
+    Note:  the facility ("local2.debug") must be separated from the 
+	   destination ("/var/adm/sudo.log" or "@loghost") by
+	   tabs, *not* spaces.  This is a common error.
 
 Q) When sudo asks me for my password it never accepts what I enter even
    though I know I entered my password correctly.