diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/integration/test_netcdf.py b/lib/iris/tests/integration/test_netcdf.py
index 3ed09d8307..851c539ade 100644
--- a/lib/iris/tests/integration/test_netcdf.py
+++ b/lib/iris/tests/integration/test_netcdf.py
@@ -944,6 +944,8 @@ def create_nc_file(self, tmp_path):
         self.nc_path.unlink()
 
     def test_lat_not_loaded(self):
+        # iris#5068 includes discussion of possible retention of the skipped
+        #  coords in the future.
         with pytest.warns(
             match="Missing data dimensions for multi-valued DimCoord"
         ):