diff --git a/Common/Server/Middleware/ClusterKeyAuthorization.ts b/Common/Server/Middleware/ClusterKeyAuthorization.ts
index acb24ff16b..095771f6b3 100644
--- a/Common/Server/Middleware/ClusterKeyAuthorization.ts
+++ b/Common/Server/Middleware/ClusterKeyAuthorization.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default class ClusterKeyAuthorization {
   }
 
   public static getClusterKey(): string {
+    // we encode uri component because a lot of people use special characters in their cluster key secret
     return encodeURIComponent(ONEUPTIME_SECRET.toString());
   }