diff --git a/doc/todo/move_readonly_values_to_AnnexRead.mdwn b/doc/todo/move_readonly_values_to_AnnexRead.mdwn
index 691e660cd2..b14627df7f 100644
--- a/doc/todo/move_readonly_values_to_AnnexRead.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/move_readonly_values_to_AnnexRead.mdwn
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ and reading values from it is faster (no MVar). So,
 anything that never needs to be modified while git-annex is running can be
 moved to AnnexRead for a performance win and also to make clean how it's
 used. --[[Joey]]
+
+The easy things have been moved now, but some things like Annex.force and
+Annex.fast would be good to move. Moving those would involve running
+argument processing outside the Annex monad. The main reason argument
+processing runs in the Annex monad is to set those values, but there may be
+other reasons too, so this will be a large set of changes that need to all
+happen together. --[[Joey]]