diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 8a6d04bc2d..2a29ae788f 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-website          "https://www.&lfs-domainname;">
+<!-- downloads_root must have an entity because it is needed for scripts
+     Note:  s/_/-/ in comment to avoid grep error
+     It is also needed for systemd units
+     -->
 <!ENTITY downloads-root       "&lfs-website;/blfs/downloads/&blfs-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY downloads-root-systemd "https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/systemd">
 <!ENTITY downloads-project    "https://downloads.&lfs-domainname;">-->