diff --git a/ansible/roles/ip-allocation/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ip-allocation/tasks/main.yml
index 47f8017e8..27fd9a530 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ip-allocation/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ip-allocation/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+# Note: Currently we install these using Yum to the system packages rather than
+# pip to a virtualenv. This is because Yum is required elsewhere and cannot
+# easily be installed in a virtualenv.
 - name: Ensure package dependencies are installed
   local_action:
     module: yum