diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/recommendationservice.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/recommendationservice.yaml
index 9d120aa..c4b554e 100644
--- a/kubernetes-manifests/recommendationservice.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/recommendationservice.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ spec:
               memory: 450Mi
   revisionHistoryLimit: 1
 ---
+#In order for istio to route traffic correctly, it needs a kubernetes service to route traffic to
+#the workloads in question.
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata: