diff --git a/lib/freedom_patches/performance_fixes.rb b/lib/freedom_patches/performance_fixes.rb
index 393391009e0..ca0807f7ca4 100644
--- a/lib/freedom_patches/performance_fixes.rb
+++ b/lib/freedom_patches/performance_fixes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # perf fixes, review for each rails upgrade.
 
-# we call this a lot
+# This speeds up calls to present? and blank? on model instances
+# Eg: Topic.new.blank? (which is always false) and so on.
+#
+# Per: https://gist.github.com/SamSaffron/c8bbc8c7b6bf3b0148760c887df18b55
+# Comparison:
+#         fast present: 25253295.0 i/s
+#       fast present 2: 24623199.7 i/s - same-ish: difference falls within error
+#         slow present:   335003.0 i/s - 75.38x  slower
+#       slow present 2:   275212.8 i/s - 91.76x  slower
+#
+#  raised with rails at: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/35059
 class ActiveRecord::Base
   def present?
     true