diff --git a/test/sharness/t0250-files-api.sh b/test/sharness/t0250-files-api.sh
index f192c70b3bf..6ca444411f6 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0250-files-api.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0250-files-api.sh
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@ tests_for_files_api "no-daemon"
 
 test_launch_ipfs_daemon_without_network
 
-WITH_DAEMON=1 # set online flag so tests can easily tell
+WITH_DAEMON=1
+# FIXME: Used only on a specific test inside `test_files_api` but we should instead
+# propagate the `"with-daemon"` argument in its caller `tests_for_files_api`.
 
 tests_for_files_api "with-daemon"