diff --git a/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/DtsRollupGenerator.ts b/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/DtsRollupGenerator.ts
index 2f845040a94..2de36342800 100644
--- a/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/DtsRollupGenerator.ts
+++ b/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/DtsRollupGenerator.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ export class DtsRollupGenerator {
     // Emit the imports
     for (const entity of collector.entities) {
       if (entity.astEntity instanceof AstImport) {
-        // BUG MITIGATION: don't trim imports based on their release tags
+        // Note: it isn't valid to trim imports based on their release tags.
+        // E.g. class Foo (`@public`) extends interface Bar (`@beta`) from some external library.
+        // API-Extractor cannot trim `import { Bar } from "externa-library"` when generating its public rollup,
+        // or the export of `Foo` would include a broken reference to `Bar`.
         const astImport: AstImport = entity.astEntity;
         DtsEmitHelpers.emitImport(writer, entity, astImport);
       }