diff --git a/alpine/etc/motd b/alpine/etc/issue
similarity index 85%
rename from alpine/etc/motd
rename to alpine/etc/issue
index 7639e0229..c1356a789 100644
--- a/alpine/etc/motd
+++ b/alpine/etc/issue
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Welcome to Moby alpha
+Kernel \r on an \m (\l)
+
                         ##         .
                   ## ## ##        ==
                ## ## ## ## ##    ===
@@ -6,3 +9,4 @@
            \______ o           __/
              \    \         __/
               \____\_______/
+