diff --git a/lib/systems/examples.nix b/lib/systems/examples.nix
index 9cac909093d6..1ee704a18114 100644
--- a/lib/systems/examples.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/examples.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ rec {
     config = "mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu";
   } // platforms.fuloong2f_n32;
 
-  mips64el-linux-gnuabin32      = platforms.mips64el-linux-gnuabin32;
+  mips64el-linux-gnuabin32      = platforms.mips64el-linux-gnuabin32; # the rust project does not publish a bootstrap tarball for gnuabin32
   mips64el-linux-gnuabi64       = platforms.mips64el-linux-gnuabi64  // { rustc.config = "mips64el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64"; };
   mips64el-qemu-linux-gnuabi64  = platforms.mips64el-qemu-linux-gnuabi64;