diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4622ad44..1b90ed07 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ set(SELF_LIB refcnt)
 set(SELF_SRCS Refcounted.cpp Displayable.cpp)
 
 xo_add_shared_library4(${SELF_LIB} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets ${PROJECT_VERSION} 1 ${SELF_SRCS})
+
+# NOTE:
+# dependency set here must be kept consistent with refcnt/cmake/refcntConfig.cmake.in
+#
 xo_dependency(${SELF_LIB} indentlog)