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diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
index 500d80d4bb8..93add837290 100644
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+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl }:
 
+# 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.
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "autoconf-2.69";