diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/subscribers.py b/src/wuttaweb/subscribers.py
index 314922b..eea26d2 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/subscribers.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/subscribers.py
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ def before_render(event):
     context['url'] = request.route_url
     context['json'] = json
 
+    # TODO: this should be avoided somehow, for non-traditional web
+    # apps, esp. "API" web apps.  (in the meantime can configure the
+    # app to use NullMenuHandler which avoids most of the overhead.)
     menus = web.get_menu_handler()
     context['menus'] = menus.do_make_menus(request)