diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmobar.nix b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmobar.nix
index 55ff9f6c..f698ab5e 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmobar.nix
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmobar.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   programs.xmobar = {
     enable = true;
+    # XMobar's config file is not a segment of valid Haskell source code -- it is instead a DSL
+    # Note how `Run` handles its arguments properly without parens?
+    #
+    # Also xmobar wants GHC if we use it as a library, and I'm lazy, you probably want to keep it this way.
     extraConfig = ''
       Config { overrideRedirect = False
              , font             = "Iosevka 13"