diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index 346fd3ea4c8..dadcb1f3382 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 recursive-delete-patterns:
+# TODO: remove bazel related files after we stop publishing branches with
+# bazel files
+# See: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2420
 - BUILD
 - "*/BUILD"
 - BUILD.bazel