diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
index 1fe2da64..464cbaa0 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::load_config(falco::app::state& s)
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			// Is possible to have an empty config file when we want to use some command line
+			// options like `--help`, `--version`, ...
+			// The configs used in `load_yaml` will be initialized to the default values.
 			s.config->init(s.options.cmdline_config_options);
 		}
 	}