diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
index 3819c1aa31..c03fe0db55 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LIBSSH2_CONF_OPTS = --disable-examples-build
 # 0003-packet-c-improve-message-parsing.patch
 LIBSSH2_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2019-17498
 
-# building from a git clone
+# patch touching configure.ac and acinclude.m4
 LIBSSH2_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH2_MBEDTLS),y)