diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/source-repositories/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/source-repositories/package-installs.yaml
index 74cdfed9..0f115f0f 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/source-repositories/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/source-repositories/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Git isn't a dependency of this element, but is a dependency of pbr
-# if you are doing pip install on a git cloned directory
+# if you are doing pip install on a git cloned directory, because this
+# looks to be a fairly common pattern it makes sense to have git on the
+# target image
 git:
-  build-only: True