diff --git a/.github/downstream.d/sigstore.sh b/.github/downstream.d/sigstore.sh
index 74668d3163ac..86ad12dc4888 100755
--- a/.github/downstream.d/sigstore.sh
+++ b/.github/downstream.d/sigstore.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 case "${1}" in
     install)
+        # NOTE: placed in /tmp to avoid inscrutable pytest failures
+        # with 'unrecognized arguments: --benchmark-disable'
         git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-python /tmp/sigstore-python
         cd /tmp/sigstore-python
         git rev-parse HEAD