diff --git a/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js b/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
index 3b234c07c1..b5bbc4f952 100644
--- a/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
+++ b/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ class LinkRedirectsService {
     async handleRequest(req, res, next) {
         // skip handling if original url doesn't match the prefix
         const fullURLWithRedirectPrefix = `${this.#baseURL.pathname}${this.#redirectURLPrefix}`;
+        // @NOTE: below is equivalent to doing:
+        //          router.get('/r/'), (req, res) ...
+        //        To make it cleaner we should rework it to:
+        //          linkRedirects.service.handleRequest(router);
+        //        and mount routes on top like for example sitemapHandler does
+        //        Cleanup issue: https://github.com/TryGhost/Toolbox/issues/516
         if (!req.originalUrl.startsWith(fullURLWithRedirectPrefix)) {
             return next();
         }