diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/runit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/runit/default.nix
index 54899cb14df5..5dd8d85490ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/runit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/runit/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
+
+# Build runit-init as a static binary
 , static ? false
 }: