diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 7976faa0b..3a0df6a8c 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ nodehm => {
   node => 'The node name or group name.',
   power => 'The method to use to control the power of the node. If not set, the mgt attribute will be used.  Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm, fsp.  If "ipmi", xCAT will search for this node in the ipmi table for more info.  If "blade", xCAT will search for this node in the mp table.  If "hmc", "ivm", or "fsp", xCAT will search for this node in the ppc table.',
   mgt => 'The method to use to do general hardware management of the node.  This attribute is used as the default if power or getmac is not set.  Valid values: ipmi, blade, hmc, ivm, fsp.  See the power attribute for more details.',
-  cons => 'The console method. This attribute does not default to the value of mgt, because if cons is not set, conserver will not be configured for this node.  Valid values: cyclades, mrv, or the values valid for the mgt attribute.',
+  cons => 'The console method. If nodehm.serialport is set, this will default to the nodehm.mgt setting, otherwise it defaults to unused.  Valid values: cyclades, mrv, or the values valid for the mgt attribute.',
   termserver => 'The hostname of the terminal server.',
   termport => 'The port number on the terminal server that this node is connected to.',
   conserver => 'The hostname of the machine where the conserver daemon is running.  If not set, the default is the xCAT management node.',