diff --git a/scripts/deploy-searxng-quadlet.sh b/scripts/deploy-searxng-quadlet.sh
index ec5942e..c745677 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-searxng-quadlet.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-searxng-quadlet.sh
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ echo '  Copying quadlet units into ~/.config/containers/systemd/ ...'
 mkdir -p ~/.config/containers/systemd
 cp ${QDIR}/*.container ${QDIR}/*.network ~/.config/containers/systemd/
 
-echo '  daemon-reload + enable for boot...'
+echo '  daemon-reload + enable the container units for boot...'
+# The .network unit is generator-managed: it cannot be enabled, and it is pulled
+# in automatically by the containers that set Wants=/After=searxng-network.service.
 systemctl --user daemon-reload
-systemctl --user enable searxng-network.service gluetun.service searxng-valkey.service searxng.service
+systemctl --user enable gluetun.service searxng-valkey.service searxng.service
 
 echo '  Starting in dependency order...'
 systemctl --user start searxng-network.service