diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/package.go b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/package.go
index f00a4f6712..928467333c 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/package.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/package.go
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ func (e *Package) findDpkg(c *fi.Context) (*Package, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// TODO: Take InstanceGroup-level overriding of the Cluster-level update policy into account
+	// here. Doing so requires that we make the current InstanceGroup available within Package's
+	// methods.
 	if fi.StringValue(c.Cluster.Spec.UpdatePolicy) != kops.UpdatePolicyExternal || !installed {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -246,6 +249,9 @@ func (e *Package) findYum(c *fi.Context) (*Package, error) {
 		healthy = fi.Bool(true)
 	}
 
+	// TODO: Take InstanceGroup-level overriding of the Cluster-level update policy into account
+	// here. Doing so requires that we make the current InstanceGroup available within Package's
+	// methods.
 	if fi.StringValue(c.Cluster.Spec.UpdatePolicy) != kops.UpdatePolicyExternal || !installed {
 		return nil, nil
 	}