diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index fc50e42380084e..7defd208b0e3ce 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -1560,6 +1560,7 @@ export async function loadConfigFromFile(
     return {
       path: normalizePath(resolvedPath),
       config,
+      // TODO: use hot to reload the config instead?
       dependencies: [],
     }
   } catch (e) {