diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index d922fa0f84c08fcc335115a743e523f24c487fe1..2a19dbbd312c03bbbc2953b2226465f01aa25f11 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ EOF
 # so no global variables
 _chrootbuild() {
 	. /etc/profile
+	# Beware, there are some stupid arbitrary rules on how you can
+	# use "$" in arguments to commands with "sudo -i".  ${foo} or
+	# ${1} is OK, but $foo or $1 isn't.
+	# https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=765
 	sudo -iu builduser bash -c 'cd /startdir; makepkg "$@"' -bash "$@"
 }