diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/dh-loader.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/dh-loader.gradle
index dfa620754..f79589b87 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/dh-loader.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/dh-loader.gradle
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ repositories {
     }
     maven {
         url "https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/"
+		// exclusion is needed since sponge has a deprecated version of fabric
+		// that gradle would prefer to get over the up-to-date version modrinth provides
         content { excludeGroupByRegex "net\\.fabricmc(\\..*)?" }
     }
     maven { url "https://maven.terraformersmc.com/" }