diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1446cc41c12..a275f72ed5f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ P:	Jozsef Kadlecsik
 P:	Patrick McHardy
 M:	kaber@trash.net
 L:	netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org
-L:	netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
+L:	netfilter@lists.netfilter.org (subscribers-only)
 L:	coreteam@netfilter.org
 W:	http://www.netfilter.org/
 W:	http://www.iptables.org/