diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index e04f5db..7b59a83 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale/*
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/mime/packages/*
 %{_datadir}/applications/defaults.list
+# better to co-own this dir than to pull in pkgconfig
 %dir %{_datadir}/pkgconfig
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc
 %{_mandir}/man*/*