diff --git a/packages/web/curl/package.mk b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
index 86b8641542..b44af24f3d 100644
--- a/packages/web/curl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@
 #   Easiest way to reproduce is to install gdrive addon and play a video from
 #   there: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=177557
 
-# downgraded to 7.37.1 because 1.38/1.39/1.40 is broken
-# if you want so much, upgrade it and live in pain.
+# downgraded to 7.37.1 because 7.38/7.39/7.40 is broken
+# 7.38 had issues connecting our repository from a
+# threaded context.
+# 7.39 did not fix a single thing and is used nowhere in
+# the wild. If we experience issues we are on our owns
+# 7.40 has an issue with ftp thumbs the way Kodi works
+# 7.37.1 is the Ubuntu version which works nicely
+# Let's bump again when Ubuntu bumps or kodi bumps
+# curl is one of the central libs in kodi
 
 PKG_NAME="curl"
 PKG_VERSION="7.37.1"