diff --git a/changelog/2023.12.0.rst b/changelog/2023.12.0.rst
index 53ffba7bc..f8e3f8c06 100644
--- a/changelog/2023.12.0.rst
+++ b/changelog/2023.12.0.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Pin Reuse validation
 
 There is a new validation performed on configurations to ensure that pins are not reused unintentionally.
 This is a common source of issues and generally a pin does not need to be reused across multiple components
-in a single configuration. The error can be bypassed by specifically adding another config item to all of the
+in a single configuration. Pins should only be reused in a very limited set of circumstances and seeing the
+error will generally mean that you need to reorganise your configuration to not reuse the pins.
+The error can be bypassed by specifically adding another config item to all of the
 duplicate pin definitions. See the :ref:`config-pin_schema` for details.
 
 Touchscreen internal changes