diff --git a/textproc/oniguruma/Makefile b/textproc/oniguruma/Makefile
index 16f1cbfc59d..670a11ab399 100644
--- a/textproc/oniguruma/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/oniguruma/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT=	regular expressions library
 
+# bump www/h2o,mruby if updating; it pulls in the static library
 V=		6.9.8
 DISTNAME=	onig-$V
 PKGNAME=	oniguruma-$V