diff --git a/TODO-compute b/TODO-compute
index 5b212695c6..8d26a0777d 100644
--- a/TODO-compute
+++ b/TODO-compute
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 * would be nice to have a way to see what computations are used by a
   compute remote for a file. Put it in `whereis` output? But it's not an
   url. Maybe a separate command? That would also allow querying for eg,
-  what files are inputs for another file.
+  what files are inputs for another file. Or it could be exposed in the
+  Remote interface, and made into a file matching option.
 
 * "getting input from <file>" message uses the original filename,
   but that file might have been renamed. Would be more clear to use
@@ -16,6 +17,15 @@
 * Perhaps recompute should write a new version of a file as an unlocked
   file when the file is currently unlocked?
 
+  Problem: Since recompute does not stage the file, it would have to write
+  the content to the working tree. And then the user would need to
+  git-annex add. But then, if the key was a VURL key, it would add it with
+  the default backend instead, and the file would no longer use a computed
+  key. 
+
+  So it, seems that, for this to be done, recompute would need to stage the
+  pointer file.
+
 * compute on files in submodules
 
 * recompute could ingest keys for other files than the one being
@@ -42,4 +52,3 @@
   that recompute should also support recomputing non-annexed files.
   Otherwise, adding a file and then recomputing it would vary in
   what the content of the file is, depending on annex.smallfiles setting.
-
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
index 0f8dd56901..498c85e26c 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ but is not staged, in order to avoid overwriting any staged changes.
   Only recompute files that were computed by this compute remote.
 
   When this option is not used, all computed files are recomputed using
-  whatever compute remote was originally used to add them. In cases where
+  whatever compute remote was originally used to add them. (In cases where
   a file can be computed by multiple remotes, the one with the lowest
-  configured cost will be used.
+  configured cost is used.)
 
 * `--unreproducible`, `-u`