diff --git a/meta/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
index 2a0eea493c..8e7fb6c938 100644
--- a/meta/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample
@@ -218,8 +218,12 @@ BB_DISKMON_DIRS ??= "\
 #
 # Qemu configuration
 #
-# By default native qemu will build with a builtin VNC server and a SDL UI frontend
-# where graphical output can be seen.
+# By default native qemu will build with a builtin VNC server providing a way
+# to see graphical output with a VNC client.
+
+# You can also enable the SDL UI frontend, which opens a graphical windows
+# directly into X11 display, if that is available on the build machine.
+#PACKAGECONFIG:append:pn-qemu-system-native = " sdl"
 # By default libsdl2-native will be built, if you want to use your host's libSDL instead of 
 # the minimal libsdl built by libsdl2-native then uncomment the ASSUME_PROVIDED line below.
 #ASSUME_PROVIDED += "libsdl2-native"