diff --git a/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.h b/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.h
index 444bae2390e..5ac7337b136 100644
--- a/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.h
+++ b/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.h
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ namespace llvm {
     
     // Instruction metadata resolution.  Each instruction can have a list of
     // MDRef info associated with them.
+    //
+    // The simpler approach of just creating temporary MDNodes and then calling
+    // RAUW on them when the definition is processed doesn't work because some
+    // instruction metadata kinds, such as dbg, get stored in the IR in an
+    // "optimized" format which doesn't participate in the normal value use
+    // lists. This means that RAUW doesn't work, even on temporary MDNodes
+    // which otherwise support RAUW. Instead, we defer resolving MDNode
+    // references until the definitions have been processed.
     struct MDRef {
       SMLoc Loc;
       unsigned MDKind, MDSlot;