diff --git a/cmd/mesh-control/main.go b/cmd/mesh-control/main.go
index a1f218a..08b4add 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-control/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-control/main.go
@@ -1880,6 +1880,10 @@ func statusCommand(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 				fmt.Printf("  %-18s assigned to nothing\n", "")
 			}
 		}
+		// The remedy, beside the problem. A status that says what is wrong and not what to do
+		// about it makes somebody go and find the command, and the command is the whole point of
+		// having noticed.
+		fmt.Printf("\n  `build --behind` builds them; `push --behind` sends them on\n")
 		fmt.Println()
 	}