diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bfde87..5b0eec7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ lto = 'fat'
 opt-level = 3 # <-
 overflow-checks = false # <-
 
+# uncomment this to switch from the crates.io version of defmt to its git version
+# check app-template's README for instructions
 # [patch.crates-io]
 # defmt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }
 # defmt-rtt = { git = "https://github.com/knurling-rs/defmt", rev = "use defmt version reported by `probe-run --version`" }