diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ab1e2b49..38245bff 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ if get_option('examples')
   subdir('examples')
 endif
 subdir('cplusplus')
+
+# these lines removed by a regexp for oss-fuzz builds, don't touch!
 subdir('man')
 subdir('po')
 subdir('tools')