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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ This helm chart enables the deployment of a Prometheus metrics exporter for Fail
 configuration of additional containers/initContainers, mounting of volumes and defining additional environment variables,
 apply a user-defined `webConfig.yaml` and much more.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> This helm chart does not contain a fail2ban daemon, nor any jail configurations. The daemon can be mounted into the
+> filesystem of the exporter via a volume. By default is the hostPath `/var/run/fail2ban` mounted into the pod.
+
 Chapter [configuration and installation](#helm-configuration-and-installation) describes the basics how to configure helm
 and use it to deploy the exporter. It also contains further configuration examples.