diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
index adde76ff97..45502d865b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/audit.rb
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ class FormulaAuditor
     end
 
     # Check for Google Code download urls, https:// is preferred
+    # Intentionally not extending this to SVN repositories due to certificate
+    # issues.
     urls.grep(%r[^http://.*\.googlecode\.com/files.*]) do |u|
       problem "Use https:// URLs for downloads from Google Code (url is #{u})."
     end