diff --git a/include/crm/common/xml.h b/include/crm/common/xml.h
index 754b73d280..8d9aef05af 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/xml.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/xml.h
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2025 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_XML__H
 #define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_XML__H
 
 #include <stdbool.h>                // bool
 
 #include <libxml/tree.h>            // xmlNode
 
 // xml.h is a wrapper for the following headers
 #include <crm/common/xml_element.h>
 #include <crm/common/xml_io.h>
 #include <crm/common/xml_names.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Wrappers for and extensions to libxml2
  * \ingroup core
  */
 
-/*
- * Searching & Modifying
+/* @COMPAT Create and apply patchset functions must remain public until we
+ * create libpacemaker equivalents
  */
 
 xmlNode *xml_create_patchset(
     int format, xmlNode *source, xmlNode *target, bool *config, bool manage_version);
 int xml_apply_patchset(xmlNode *xml, xmlNode *patchset, bool check_version);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
 #include <crm/common/xml_compat.h>
 #endif
 
 #endif