diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/wrapvips7.c b/libvips/deprecated/wrapvips7.c
index df7a8f47..040db6f6 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/wrapvips7.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/wrapvips7.c
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 
  */
 
+/*
+ 
+   	TODO:
+
+	- works for iamges, but not tested for much else
+	- masks would be hard, vips8 won't really have these
+	- keep for testing, mostly ... iofuncs/init.c has a commeted-out
+	  call to init this thing
+
+ */
+
 /*
 #define DEBUG
 #define VIPS_DEBUG
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
index b35c57e1..08a78a87 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
@@ -246,8 +246,11 @@ vips_init( const char *argv0 )
 	}
 
 	/* Build classes which wrap old vips7 operations.
-	 */
+
+	   	handy for testing, but perhaps not much else
+
 	vips__init_wrap7_classes();
+	 */
 
 	/* Start up the buffer cache.
 	 */