diff --git a/apps/phpcs.xml b/apps/phpcs.xml
index 5511dce980ba2..b9fe5dd4ffc4a 100644
--- a/apps/phpcs.xml
+++ b/apps/phpcs.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 	<description>Editing Toolkit Plugin Rules</description>
 
 	<!--
-	Prevent errors caused by WordPress Coding Standards not supporting PHP 8.0+.
+	Suppress all PHP run-time notices across all PHP versions, thus preventing
+	errors caused by WordPress Coding Standards not supporting PHP 8.0+ yet.
+	Once WPCS supports PHP8, this can be removed.
 	See https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards/issues/2035
 	-->
 	<ini name="error_reporting" value="E_ALL &#38; ~E_DEPRECATED" />