diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/.markdownlint-cli2.cjs b/extensions/ql-vscode/.markdownlint-cli2.cjs
index 917f32d8b..9367d98f7 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/.markdownlint-cli2.cjs
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/.markdownlint-cli2.cjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Having the base options in a top-level config file means
-// that the extension can pick them up too, since that only
-// considers _this_ file when looking at files in this directory
-// or below.
+// that the VS Code markdownlint extension can pick them up
+// too, since that only considers _this_ file when looking
+// at files in this directory or below.
 base_options = require('../../.markdownlint.json')
 
 const options = require('@github/markdownlint-github').init(