diff --git a/lib/autobuild.js b/lib/autobuild.js
index 9665f6d02a..adf4e82a84 100644
--- a/lib/autobuild.js
+++ b/lib/autobuild.js
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ async function determineAutobuildLanguages(config, featureFlags, logger) {
         languages.push(languages_1.Language.go);
     }
     logger.debug(`Will autobuild ${languages.join(" and ")}.`);
+    // In general the autobuilders for other traced languages may conflict with
+    // each other. Therefore if a user has requested more than one non-Go traced
+    // language, we ask for manual build steps.
+    // Matrixing the build would also work, but that would change the SARIF
+    // categories, potentially leading to a "stale tips" situation where alerts
+    // that should be fixed remain on a repo since they are linked to SARIF
+    // categories that are no longer updated.
     if (autobuildLanguagesNoGo.length > 1) {
         logger.warning(`We will only automatically build ${languages.join(" and ")} code. If you wish to scan ${autobuildLanguagesNoGo
             .slice(1)
diff --git a/lib/autobuild.js.map b/lib/autobuild.js.map
index 558339d81b..73852ac509 100644
--- a/lib/autobuild.js.map
+++ b/lib/autobuild.js.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/src/autobuild.ts b/src/autobuild.ts
index 7866e00f03..e0a9524ebf 100644
--- a/src/autobuild.ts
+++ b/src/autobuild.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ export async function determineAutobuildLanguages(
 
   logger.debug(`Will autobuild ${languages.join(" and ")}.`);
 
+  // In general the autobuilders for other traced languages may conflict with
+  // each other. Therefore if a user has requested more than one non-Go traced
+  // language, we ask for manual build steps.
+  // Matrixing the build would also work, but that would change the SARIF
+  // categories, potentially leading to a "stale tips" situation where alerts
+  // that should be fixed remain on a repo since they are linked to SARIF
+  // categories that are no longer updated.
   if (autobuildLanguagesNoGo.length > 1) {
     logger.warning(
       `We will only automatically build ${languages.join(