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diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
index 4cb3c14a9a0..deeb4093c68 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ assert interactive -> readline70 != null;
 assert withDocs -> texinfo != null;
 assert stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin -> binutils != 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.
+
 let
   upstreamPatches = import ./bash-4.4-patches.nix (nr: sha256: fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/bash/bash-4.4-patches/bash44-${nr}";