diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 85e7c171a..13abe06f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6417,7 +6417,10 @@ public static CharSequence subSequence(CharSequence cs, int start) {
     }
 
     // The following methods are used to support basic java.lang.String functionality 
-    // for CharSequences
+    // for CharSequences. Currently keeping these as package private; they may be 
+    // useful as public methods so others can also support CharSequence instead of 
+    // String. At that point they may make more sense on a CharSequenceUtils and 
+    // will want a name change.
 
     // Used by the indexOf(CharSequence methods) as a green implementation of indexOf
     static int indexOfSequence(CharSequence cs, int searchChar, int start) {