diff --git a/templates/dataformat/cave.xml b/templates/dataformat/cave.xml
index 67534bd..7f53cd4 100644
--- a/templates/dataformat/cave.xml
+++ b/templates/dataformat/cave.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!-- This file is generated by troggle on {{date}} UTC using the form documented at /handbook/survey/caveentry.html -->
 <!-- Only put one cave in this file -->
-<!-- If you edit this 1623-nnn.html file by hand, make sure you update the database by doing a full data import -->
+<!-- If you edit this 1623-nnn.html file by hand, and manually upload it to the server using git,
+make sure you update the database by doing a full data import. If you edit it using the online form
+though, you do not need to do a data import as it happens automatically -->
 <!-- ALTERNATIVELY you can download an example template from expoweb/templates/cave_data.html -->
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
diff --git a/templates/dataformat/entrance.xml b/templates/dataformat/entrance.xml
index 86c023d..92d8757 100644
--- a/templates/dataformat/entrance.xml
+++ b/templates/dataformat/entrance.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!-- Only put one entrance in this file -->
 <!-- This file is generated by troggle on {{date}} UTC using the form documented at handbook/survey/ententry.html -->
-<!-- If you edit this file by hand, make sure you update the database by doing a full data import -->
+<!-- If you edit this file by hand, and manually upload it to the server using git,
+make sure you update the database by doing a full data import. If you edit it using the online form
+though, you do not need to do a data import as it happens automatically -->
 
     <!-- See http://expo.survex.com/handbook/survey/caveentryfields.html for current details on filling in this form -->
     <!-- there is 1 required field: slug. The entrance will not appear without that. -->
