diff --git a/utils/make_db b/utils/make_db
index 8e4ce925e1cdc7de14a3d352271006fc11d3d7d4..72529df9265d4b88a2507bad267d19e581f8347e 100755
--- a/utils/make_db
+++ b/utils/make_db
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ name in your .config file "
 function restore_db() {
     SQL_FILE="$1"
     $MYSQL_CMD $(get_mysql_args) < "$SQL_FILE"
+    cat <<EOF
+If this is not the same SQL server where the SQL dump was originally created
+from, make sure that a user with sufficient permissions exist.  Note that you
+can use the 'grant' action of this script to do this.
+EOF
 }
 
 function test-connection() {