diff --git a/srcpkgs/wine/template b/srcpkgs/wine/template
index 47917e239ab..1a153ffe4d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wine/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wine/template
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ distfiles="https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/${version%.*}.x/wine-${_pkgver}.tar
 checksum="ed8fae61784bca6475accc78eff26a9ec6b08001a7ae1698d52e25f9c2d422da
  1f3ec7e3f5dee62ec156dc39293f3b3d48e604fd4d5ca53d416f9fbb13094907"
 
+# NOTE: wine depends on specific versions of wine-mono and wine-gecko,
+# check for updates to these packages when updating wine
+
 build_options="mingw staging xshm"
 build_options_default="mingw xshm"
 desc_option_mingw="Use the MinGW cross compiler to build WinPE DLLs"