diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/os.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/os.rs
index f331282d2d72a..1ebbbec9e914f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/os.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/os.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ fn home_dir_crt() -> Option<PathBuf> {
             |buf, mut sz| {
                 // GetUserProfileDirectoryW does not quite use the usual protocol for
                 // negotiating the buffer size, so we have to translate.
+                // FIXME(#141254): We rely on the *undocumented* property that this function will
+                // always set the size, not just on failure.
                 match c::GetUserProfileDirectoryW(
                     ptr::without_provenance_mut(CURRENT_PROCESS_TOKEN),
                     buf,