diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4121f1ca4c..fe8dcc753c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -834,6 +834,10 @@ libbitcoinkernel_la_LDFLAGS += -static
 libbitcoinkernel_la_CXXFLAGS += -static
 endif
 
+# TODO: libbitcoinkernel is a work in progress consensus engine library, as more
+#       and more modules are decoupled from the consensus engine, this list will
+#       shrink to only those which are absolutely necessary. For example, things
+#       like index/*.cpp will be removed.
 libbitcoinkernel_la_SOURCES = \
   kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp \
   arith_uint256.cpp \