diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index fc3e4c5b1b..8c03e3e7b8 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ dcoresize(void)
 /********************************************************************\
  * currency & locale related stuff.
  * first attempt at internationalization i18n of currency amounts
+ * In the long run, amounts should be printed with punctuation
+ * returned from the localconv() subroutine
 \********************************************************************/
 
 char * xaccPrintAmount (double val, short shrs)