diff --git a/doc/users/faq.rst b/doc/users/faq.rst
index 1efae3e..d9e7ef2 100644
--- a/doc/users/faq.rst
+++ b/doc/users/faq.rst
@@ -50,5 +50,8 @@ Like this::
   $ python setup --cmake-options='"-DTHIS_OPTION=ON -DTHAT_OPTION=OFF"'
 
 We use two sets of quotes because the shell swallows one set of them
-before passing the arguments to Python. If you do not use two sets
-of quotes then the setup command may end up incorrectly saved in `build/setup_command`.
+before passing the arguments to Python. Yeah that's not nice, but nothing
+we can do about it on the Python side.
+If you do not use two sets
+of quotes then the setup command may end up
+incorrectly saved in `build/setup_command`.