diff --git a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/plugins/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index a14bc9d0cc..b225a2133e 100644
--- a/plugins/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/plugins/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JavaLanguageVersion
  */
 
 /**
- * Blap versions the app in lockstep with the desktop release (upstream's CalVer scheme is
- * gone). Bump these with every release; versionCode derives from them and must only grow
- * within this scheme (max 2 digits for minor/patch).
+ * Blap Android versions INDEPENDENTLY of desktop (upstream's CalVer scheme is gone,
+ * and lockstep with desktop was explicitly rejected — auto-update tooling needs this
+ * repo's own monotonic version line). Bump per Android release; versionCode derives
+ * from these and must only grow (max 2 digits for minor/patch).
  */
 private const val versionMajor = 1
 private const val versionMinor = 0