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diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
index 1fb8a6b2f0d..ec51dc2259d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 , interactive ? false, ncurses, procps
 }:
 
+# 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
   crossBuildTools = interactive && stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform;
 in