diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2f9b9c121cf3..1edd027776d6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ RUN make cleanall
 # Hack to get access to Chapel binaries
 RUN cd $CHPL_HOME/bin && ln -s */* .
 
-# The .git folder is huge and we really don't need it.
+# Remove some unneeded files to reduce image size
 RUN rm -rf .git
 RUN for subdir in `ls test || true`; do \
       if [ "$subdir" != "release" ]; then \