diff --git a/pkg/cmd/codespace/ssh.go b/pkg/cmd/codespace/ssh.go
index e52422e51..5aff32c59 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/codespace/ssh.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/codespace/ssh.go
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ func newSSHCmd(app *App) *cobra.Command {
 
 			Once that is set up (see the second example below), you can ssh to codespaces as
 			if they were ordinary remote hosts (using 'ssh', not 'gh cs ssh').
+
+			Note that the codespace you are connecting to must have an SSH server pre-installed.
+			If the docker image being used for the codespace does not have an SSH server, you can
+			try adding the following snippet in your devcontainer.json:
+			
+			"features": {
+				"sshd": "latest"
+			}
 		`),
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 			$ gh codespace ssh