diff --git a/files/qemu-ifup-public b/files/qemu-ifup-public
index 599dd98..2e05419 100755
--- a/files/qemu-ifup-public
+++ b/files/qemu-ifup-public
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ for IP in "${IPS[@]}"; do
         ip route add ${IP} dev ${IFACE} via $(eui64 $PUBLICMAC)
 
      elif [[ $IP =~ ^\ *$ ]]; then
-        echo "we just got an empty string. so not gonna do anything. probably due to splitting the comma"
+        echo "we just got an empty string. so not gonna do anything. probably due to splitting the comma, or we are running in either ipv6 or ipv4 only mode"
 
      else
         echo "Unable to detect with what prefix I'm working with"