diff --git a/build/root/.bazelrc b/build/root/.bazelrc
index 68fac57dd14..bb4b4679e81 100644
--- a/build/root/.bazelrc
+++ b/build/root/.bazelrc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 startup --expand_configs_in_place
 
-# Force us to use python2
+# https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/79807
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/issues/842
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7899
 build --host_force_python=PY2
 
 # Show us information about failures.