diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 0a8b59088f37..1e101cc6073f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2025,6 +2025,7 @@ with haskellLib;
   cli-git = addBuildTool pkgs.git super.cli-git;
 
   cli-nix = addBuildTools [
+    # Required due to https://github.com/obsidiansystems/cli-nix/issues/11
     pkgs.nix
     pkgs.nix-prefetch-git
   ] super.cli-nix;