diff --git a/internal/cmd/config/config.go b/internal/cmd/config/config.go
index 046507f793..3152b7f667 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config/config.go
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ type Database struct {
 	ConnMaxIdleTimeDuration *time.Duration `hcl:"-"`
 
 	// SkipSharedLockAcquisition allows skipping grabbing the database shared
-	// lock. This is dangerous unless you know what you're doing.
+	// lock. This is dangerous unless you know what you're doing, and you should
+	// not set it unless you are the reason it's here in the first place, as not
+	// only it dangerous but it will be removed at some point in the future.
 	SkipSharedLockAcquisition bool `hcl:"skip_shared_lock_acquisition"`
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go b/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
index e2ba32f251..90d272898b 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ func TestDatabaseSkipSharedLockAcquisition(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NotNil(t, c)
 			require.NotNil(t, c.Controller)
 			require.NotNil(t, c.Controller.Database)
-			require.Equal(t, tt.expSkipSharedLockAcquisition, *&c.Controller.Database.SkipSharedLockAcquisition)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expSkipSharedLockAcquisition, c.Controller.Database.SkipSharedLockAcquisition)
 		})
 	}
 }