diff --git a/lib/asyncnotifier.py b/lib/asyncnotifier.py
index 63c020fa541b9dd4d922e7f18faa34ff2151d0ef..57d76571c92071462c8e9031af2997e6279af805 100644
--- a/lib/asyncnotifier.py
+++ b/lib/asyncnotifier.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ except ImportError:
   import pyinotify
 
 
+# We contributed the AsyncNotifier class back to python-pyinotify, and it's
+# part of their codebase since version 0.8.7. This code can be removed once
+# we'll be ready to depend on python-pyinotify >= 0.8.7
 class AsyncNotifier(asyncore.file_dispatcher):
   """An asyncore dispatcher for inotify events.