diff --git a/Utility/SafeCommand.hs b/Utility/SafeCommand.hs
index 330838df31..f820e69f19 100644
--- a/Utility/SafeCommand.hs
+++ b/Utility/SafeCommand.hs
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@ segmentXargsUnordered l = go l [] 0 []
 
 	{- 10k of filenames per command, well under 100k limit
 	 - of Linux (and OSX has a similar limit);
-	 - allows room for other parameters etc. -}
+	 - allows room for other parameters etc. Also allows for
+	 - eg, multibyte characters. -}
 	maxlen = 10240