diff --git a/pd/nw/todo.txt b/pd/nw/todo.txt
index e68c1700c146887353246469ed31de620ba6e99b..ffbd7bd5962bc2fc028d7e863340c88e12d593ab 100644
--- a/pd/nw/todo.txt
+++ b/pd/nw/todo.txt
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ Everything else: (A [x] means we've fixed it)
 [x] same for a620228554d1662bacd0f2f8cfc65259049164ec
 [ ] same for "*fixed spaces in old UI objects that were converted to \t..."
     262447434c3548c53bc0b52e7f5bb5431b233311
+    NB: this commit uses the vertical tab as a hack for putting spaces
+    inside gatom labels. But I'm currently using vertical tab as a hack
+    to delimit commands sent to the GUI.  So for now, this commit will
+    will not get ported.
 [ ] same for "*fixed font positioning on 14.04+ releases"
     9edc6ca98e141174b86ebe5cdf406fe7e47845d5
 [ ] same for "*fixed copying dialog text and pasting it onto a canvas crasher"