diff --git a/startup/configChannels.sh b/startup/configChannels.sh
index 4463a6571548bd8ed9ee36578906a4231a7fd372..9fbfd50875c712b614cf68660e286a0df6215dcb 100644
--- a/startup/configChannels.sh
+++ b/startup/configChannels.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ do
         desc=${desc:0:40}
     fi
 
+    echo "# Board $iNum, Channel $ch = $pv_name" >> $fPath
     # set aliases
     echo "$template0$ch, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name\")" >> $fPath
     echo "$template0$ch-ATT, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-ATT\")" >> $fPath