diff --git a/src/config/media/pipewire.md b/src/config/media/pipewire.md
index a894ec1d5..9e712571b 100644
--- a/src/config/media/pipewire.md
+++ b/src/config/media/pipewire.md
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ on glibc-based systems:
 
 The Pulseaudio replacement requires the
 [`XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`](../session-management.html#xdg_runtime_dir) environment
-variable to work correctly.
+variable and the user being in the [`audio`](../users-and-groups.md) group to
+work correctly.