diff --git a/kittens/ssh/main.py b/kittens/ssh/main.py
index 28a873453..c39394685 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/main.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/main.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import sys
 
 SHELL_SCRIPT = '''\
 #!/bin/sh
+# macOS ships with an ancient version of tic that cannot read from stdin, so we
+# create a temp file for it
 tmp=$(mktemp /tmp/terminfo.XXXXXX)
 cat >$tmp << 'TERMEOF'
 TERMINFO