diff --git a/debian/patches/0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch b/debian/patches/0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch
index fae5806..7cf8932 100644
--- a/debian/patches/0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+From ad7c2ed213e002bd16678c0d8de30b5e8b186a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jim Klimov <jim@jimklimov.com>
+Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:52:35 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Document and pre-set the "maxretry" option in ups.conf.sample
+
+---
+ conf/ups.conf.sample | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/conf/ups.conf.sample b/conf/ups.conf.sample
+index d8faef207..3ea13548b 100644
 --- a/conf/ups.conf.sample
 +++ b/conf/ups.conf.sample
 @@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index a9a4e31..13ced72 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 0003-install-dev-files-in-usr.patch
 0002-nut-monitor-paths.patch
 0004-fix-systemd-service.patch
-0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch
 0008-drop-w3c-icons.patch
 0009-fix-nutshutdown-install.patch
 
 # Upstream patches
+0006-ups-conf-maxretry.patch
 0010-fix-nutscanner-ftbfs.patch
 0011-use-pkgconfig-module.patch
 0012-add-AEG-PROTECT-NAS-support.patch