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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
index a9d0cf45168..cab11cc87ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 , ...
 }:
 
+# 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 stdenv.isLinux;
 
 let