diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 85ff9ee3..2d8d58d2 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -3564,9 +3564,11 @@ packages:
         # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/3531
         - jwt < 0.8.0
 
+        # needed by cabal-install
         # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/3566
         - network < 2.7
 
+        # needed by statistics, in turn needed by criterion
         # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/3781
         - base-orphans < 0.8