diff --git a/doc/todo/git_annex_init_:_include_repo_description_and__47__or_UUID_in_commit_message.mdwn b/doc/todo/git_annex_init_:_include_repo_description_and__47__or_UUID_in_commit_message.mdwn
index 9802738d12..9ca61bff55 100644
--- a/doc/todo/git_annex_init_:_include_repo_description_and__47__or_UUID_in_commit_message.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/git_annex_init_:_include_repo_description_and__47__or_UUID_in_commit_message.mdwn
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ Would help alot when having to add large(ish) amounts of remotes.
 
 Maybe detect this kind of commit message and ask user whether to automatically add them? See [[auto_remotes]]:
 > Question: When should git-annex update the remote.log? (If not just on init.) Whenever it reads in a repo's remotes?
+
+----
+
+I'm not sure that the above suggestion is going down a path that really
+makes sense. If you want a list of repository UUIDs and descriptions,
+it's there in machine-usable form in `.git-annex/uuid.log`, there is no
+need to try to pull this info out of git commit messages. --[[Joey]]