diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 543d152d2..8e222673f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
 
+      # Ensure we don't discover cross platform build issues at release time.
+      # Time used to build linux here is gained back in the build for local E2E step
       - name: Build packages
         run: make -f builder.Makefile cross