diff --git a/doc/not.mdwn b/doc/not.mdwn
index a91a6a7a04..affcb57f11 100644
--- a/doc/not.mdwn
+++ b/doc/not.mdwn
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
   too slow, or its strict mirroring of everything to both places too
   limiting, then git-annex could be a useful alternative.
 
-* probably several other things..
+* git-annex is not some flaky script that was quickly thrown together.
+  I wrote it in Haskell because I wanted it to be solid and to compile
+  down to a binary.