diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 778a20cef..0f0147cd8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# These requirements include all dependencies for all top-level python scripts
+# for llama.cpp. Avoid adding packages here directly.
+#
+# Package versions must stay compatible across all top-level python scripts.
+#
 -r convert_requirements.txt
 -r convert-hf-to-gguf_requirements.txt
 -r convert-lora-to-ggml_requirements.txt