-The default welcome screen \"about:welcome\", while the bookmarks list
-is \"about:bookmarks\". You can also specify local files via \"file:\".")
+The default welcome screen is \"about:welcome\", while the bookmarks list
+is \"about:bookmarks\". You can also specify local files via \"file:\".
+
+Beware that using \"about:bookmarks\" as a start page in combination with
+the `elpher-use-bookmark-menu' variable set to non-nil will prevent the
+Emacs bookmark menu being accessible via \\[elpher-show-bookmarks] from
+the start page."
+ :type '(string))