diff --git a/dev-python/eliot/metadata.xml b/dev-python/eliot/metadata.xml
index 718cbc6f77154..9f6846ff63e74 100644
--- a/dev-python/eliot/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/eliot/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">eliot</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">hybridcluster/eliot</remote-id>