diff --git a/images/versioned/rstudio.md b/images/versioned/rstudio.md
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--- a/images/versioned/rstudio.md
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@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ docker run --rm -ti -p 8787:8787 rocker/rstudio
 The non-root default user `rstudio` is set up as RStudio Server user,
 so please enter the username `rstudio` and a randomly generated password
 which is displayed in the console to the RStudio login form.
+If your container system runs rootless, you will have to use the `root`
+user to login instead, using the randomly generated password displayed in the console. In this case the privileges of the `root` user
+in the container are already bounded by your regular user permissions
+in the host system.
 
 RStudio will not start if the default command (`/init`) is overridden.
 To use R on the command line, specify the `R` command as follows.