diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dee534..7756c56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 # permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this
 # notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
 
+# The octal escape \043 is utilized twice in this file as make(1p) will
+# interpret a hash in a rule as an inline comment.
+
 .POSIX:
 
 DESTDIR ?= dist