diff --git a/doc/bugs/Remote_does_not_work_with_UTF-8_filenames.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Remote_does_not_work_with_UTF-8_filenames.mdwn
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@@ -191,3 +191,5 @@ failed
 
 I love git annex, using it very day :)
 
+> closing since this is not a bug in git-annex but in the external remote.
+> [[done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/Remote_does_not_work_with_UTF-8_filenames/comment_1_08272c0ec6a35ec906ea8402e56bd3fa._comment b/doc/bugs/Remote_does_not_work_with_UTF-8_filenames/comment_1_08272c0ec6a35ec906ea8402e56bd3fa._comment
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2018-10-04T19:19:29Z"
+ content="""
+Filenames, in Unix, do not have a defined encoding. They are a sequence of
+arbitrary bytes, excluding NUL.
+
+So if a program assumes a filename is going to be utf-8 encoded and crashes
+when it is not, that program is buggy. Especially if the program is a
+git-annex external remote. You'll need to file a bug report on it, not
+git-annex. 
+
+Or alternatively, choose to re-encode all your filenames. 
+"""]]