diff --git a/doc/bugs/failure_to_return_to_indirect_mode_on_usb.mdwn b/doc/bugs/failure_to_return_to_indirect_mode_on_usb.mdwn
index f2a11eea89..a61c67254d 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/failure_to_return_to_indirect_mode_on_usb.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/failure_to_return_to_indirect_mode_on_usb.mdwn
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ git-annex: indirect: 1 failed
 """]]
 
 [[!tag moreinfo]]
+
+> I don't like closing bug reports, but after over a year with no followup,
+> and with the original bug report lacking even an error message, closing
+> it seems like the best course of action. [[done]] --[[Joey]]