diff --git a/emulators/wine/files/pkg-message.in b/emulators/wine/files/pkg-message.in
index a8632c68958b..bb865c0c874c 100644
--- a/emulators/wine/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/emulators/wine/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
+If Wine does not appear to start up properly, consider moving away the
+configuration directory ~/.wine and try again.
+
 Some ZFS tuning guides recommend setting KVA_PAGES=512 in your kernel
 configuration.  This is incompatible with Wine.  The maximum possible
 is KVA_PAGES=500, which should still be enough for ZFS.
 
 The port also installs some of Wine's documentation which describes
 additional programs that are not in the manual pages under
   %%PREFIX%%/share/doc/wine
 EOM
 }
 ]