diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1/template b/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
index f24371f1f94..a656ad58aa1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'php8.1'
+# rebuild php8.1-apcu and php8.1-imagick when updating this package
 pkgname=php8.1
 version=8.1.26
 revision=4
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.2/template b/srcpkgs/php8.2/template
index a997219becf..48e1220289d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.2/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'php8.2'
+# rebuild php8.2-apcu and php8.2-imagick when updating this package
 pkgname=php8.2
 version=8.2.13
 revision=3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.3/template b/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
index 07fdc87bbe1..db22eb33382 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.3/template
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'php8.3'
+# rebuild php8.3-apcu and php8.3-imagick when updating this package
 pkgname=php8.3
 version=8.3.0
 revision=3