diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23ab0e793de08c6c2013a102ebc860cfac3a72a8..0979ed0c958d230c5a5b7f226a92e289446f7851 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ wiki/latex/*
 # > These files are "skipped" from tracking using
 #   the following syntax:
 #   >> git update-index --skip-worktree <FILENAME>
-# > The "skipped" files are:
+# > The files that should be "skipped" are:
 #   >> dfall_ws/src/dfall_pkg/launch/Config.sh
 #   >> dfall_ws/src/dfall_pkg/param/Crazyflie.db
 # > To return these files to normal tracking use
 #   the following syntax:
 #   >> git update-index --no-skip-worktree <FILENAME>
+# > "Skipping" is a setting local to your copy of the
+#   repository because ".git ignoring" a file already
+#   in the repository does NOT stop changes from being
+#   tracked