diff --git a/packages/components/scss/bootstrap_overrides.scss b/packages/components/scss/bootstrap_overrides.scss
index 4342080eee..47771b3aa7 100644
--- a/packages/components/scss/bootstrap_overrides.scss
+++ b/packages/components/scss/bootstrap_overrides.scss
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ $custom-control-indicator-disabled-bg: $gray-800;
 $custom-control-indicator-checked-disabled-bg: $gray-800;
 $custom-control-label-disabled-color: $gray-400;
 
-//Custom Select
-// This needs to dynamically pull from --dh-color-gray-600, but this doesn't
-// work with an inline SVG. We'll need to wrap our <select> instances with a
-// wrapper and implement the arrow icons in a different way. To be addressed
-// by #1634
+// The $custom-select-indicator variable is used by Bootstrap to provide the
+// icon for the select dropdown. Inline svgs can't use CSS variables, so we hard
+// code the color to #929192 (the default value of --dh-color-gray-600). PR #1651
+// overrides this icon altogether for known dropdowns, so technically we may not
+// need this, but it's here in case there are any remaining instances.
 $custom-select-indicator-color: #929192;
 $custom-select-bg-size: 16px 16px;
 //dhSort icon encoded
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ $form-feedback-icon-invalid: str-replace(
   '%23'
 );
 
-// Unused but needs to be defined for sass to compile _variables
+// This section of variables is not consumed directly by DH, but they need to be
+// defined for sass to compile _variables
 $table-dark-bg: $gray-800;
 $table-dark-accent-bg: var(--dh-color-highlight-hover);
 $table-dark-hover-bg: var(--dh-color-highlight-active);