diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 9f588ce0..adbf367f 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ indent_size = tab
 # Hard-wrap at 120 columns
 max_line_length = 119
 
-# Unix EOL
+# Windows EOL, for historical reasons
 end_of_line = crlf
 
 # UTF-8 is the only sensible option, no BOM