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diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix
index 939f137ac3e..3294674e178 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 , enablePython ? false, python ? null, cython ? null, ncurses ? null, setuptools ? null
 }:
 
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
 assert enableHpack -> jansson != null;
 assert enableAsioLib -> boost != null;
 assert enableGetAssets -> libxml2 != null;