diff --git a/dev-python/setproctitle/setproctitle-1.3.3.ebuild b/dev-python/setproctitle/setproctitle-1.3.3.ebuild
index 0293c81c4c3d2..b347e9c3c3e06 100644
--- a/dev-python/setproctitle/setproctitle-1.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setproctitle/setproctitle-1.3.3.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+# The package has a fallback implementation which is a noop but warns
+# if the extensions weren't built, so we always build them.
 DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} pypy3 )