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diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index ce24854d04d..9a8a245a790 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 , brotliSupport ? false, brotli ? 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 http2Support -> nghttp2 != null;
 assert idnSupport -> libidn != null;
 assert ldapSupport -> openldap != null;