diff --git a/src/win32_init.c b/src/win32_init.c
index c1bdd5a9..4923b266 100644
--- a/src/win32_init.c
+++ b/src/win32_init.c
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ void _glfwUpdateKeyNamesWin32(void)
     }
 }
 
-// Replacement for IsWindowsVersionOrGreater as MinGW lacks versionhelpers.h
+// Replacement for IsWindowsVersionOrGreater, as we cannot rely on the
+// application having a correct embedded manifest
 //
 BOOL _glfwIsWindowsVersionOrGreaterWin32(WORD major, WORD minor, WORD sp)
 {
diff --git a/src/win32_platform.h b/src/win32_platform.h
index 2e947ecf..92d43d07 100644
--- a/src/win32_platform.h
+++ b/src/win32_platform.h
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ typedef enum
 #define DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_PER_MONITOR_AWARE_V2 ((HANDLE) -4)
 #endif /*DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_PER_MONITOR_AWARE_V2*/
 
-// HACK: Define versionhelpers.h functions manually as MinGW lacks the header
+// Replacement for versionhelpers.h macros, as we cannot rely on the
+// application having a correct embedded manifest
+//
 #define IsWindowsXPOrGreater()                                 \
     _glfwIsWindowsVersionOrGreaterWin32(HIBYTE(_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP),   \
                                         LOBYTE(_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP), 0)