diff --git a/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly.mdwn b/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly.mdwn
index 0914278b8a..049e2c28b9 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly.mdwn
@@ -179,3 +179,5 @@ git-annex: get: 1 failed
 ### Conclusion
 
 I'm so attracted to git-annex's idea, but so sad it's still not robust enough to use on Windows platform - v5 direct mode repo is as far as I can get, yet it still throws away my data like this...
+
+> [[done]]; this was apparently a bug with direct mode. --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly/comment_2_c500a0629048af1fe35c62dd27c8f1c3._comment b/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly/comment_2_c500a0629048af1fe35c62dd27c8f1c3._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4817516ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/data_loss_on_Windows__58___git_annex_sync_--no-content_drops_last_copy_unexpectedly/comment_2_c500a0629048af1fe35c62dd27c8f1c3._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2021-05-03T16:23:16Z"
+ content="""
+Thanks for checking up on this old bug.
+
+I think it makes sense that the bug was in the direct mode code, and so
+closing.
+"""]]