diff --git a/doc/todo/git_annex_open.mdwn b/doc/todo/git_annex_open.mdwn
index 8cb32bd0a6..9d06f1fbaf 100644
--- a/doc/todo/git_annex_open.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/git_annex_open.mdwn
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ I had an idea the other night that there could be a `git annex open` command. Wh
 This would need some [[metadata]] support partly to guess if the file can be streamed, but also to find the content. It would also assume some more intelligence in `git annex get` where git annex would have progress information (maybe through [[chunking]]?).
 
 How does that idea sound? --[[anarcat]]
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+I think this idea can be considered obsoleted by the [[git-annex-inprogress]] command. --[[anarcat]]