diff --git a/nexus/src/app/rack.rs b/nexus/src/app/rack.rs
index 9f63e312ae..39c0c6f05e 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/rack.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/rack.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ impl super::Nexus {
                 name: request.recovery_silo.silo_name,
                 description: "built-in recovery Silo".to_string(),
             },
-            // TODO: Should the recovery silo have a quota? If so, what should the defaults be?
+            // The recovery silo is initialized with no allocated capacity given it's
+            // not intended to be used to deploy workloads. Operators can add capacity
+            // after the fact if they want to use it for that purpose.
             quotas: params::SiloQuotasCreate::empty(),
             discoverable: false,
             identity_mode: SiloIdentityMode::LocalOnly,