diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/index.js b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/index.js
index 0c8ce4ba259..a2639c6d4cf 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ if (env !== 'development' && env !== 'test' && env !== 'production') {
 }
 
 if (env === 'development' || env === 'test') {
+  // The following two plugins are currently necessary to make React warnings
+  // include more valuable information. They are included here because they are
+  // currently not enabled in babel-preset-react. See the below threads for more info:
+  // https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/4702
+  // https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/3540#issuecomment-228673661
+  // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/989
   plugins.push.apply(plugins, [
     // Adds component stack to warning messages
     require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source'),
@@ -91,4 +97,3 @@ if (env === 'test') {
     // ]);
   }
 }
-