diff --git a/crates/store/re_types/src/datatypes/pixel_format_ext.rs b/crates/store/re_types/src/datatypes/pixel_format_ext.rs
index 98b19e49ee56..55b12e01888b 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_types/src/datatypes/pixel_format_ext.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_types/src/datatypes/pixel_format_ext.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,14 @@ impl PixelFormat {
             | Self::NV12
             | Self::YUY2 => ColorModel::RGB,
 
-            // TODO(andreas): This shouldn't be ColorModel::RGB, but our YUV converter can't do anything else right now.
+            // TODO(andreas): This shouldn't be ColorModel::RGB, but our YUV converter can't do anything else right now:
+            // The converter doesn't *have* to always output RGB, but having it sometimes output R(8) specifically for the
+            // YUV converter requires me to do more bookkeeping (needs a new renderpipeline and I expect other ripples).
+            //
+            // As of writing, having this color_model "incorrectly" be RGB mostly affects hovering logic which will continue to show RGB rather than L.
+            //
+            // Note that this does not affect the memory Y8 needs. It just implies that we use more GPU memory than we should.
+            // However, we typically (see image cache) hold the converted GPU textures only as long as we actually draw with them.
             Self::Y8_LimitedRange | Self::Y8_FullRange => ColorModel::RGB,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_viewer_context/src/tensor/image_stats.rs b/crates/viewer/re_viewer_context/src/tensor/image_stats.rs
index 62b88947f9ec..7b453babf0a1 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_viewer_context/src/tensor/image_stats.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_viewer_context/src/tensor/image_stats.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ impl ImageStats {
         let datatype = match image.format.pixel_format {
             Some(_) => {
                 // We do the lazy thing here since we convert everything to RGB8 right now anyways.
+                // Note that this range is all about the format we're converting _to_.
+                // It would be nice if we can distininguish this better in the future:
+                // E.g. limited range YUV should have the correct limited range.
                 return Self {
                     range: Some((0.0, 255.0)),
                     finite_range: (0.0, 255.0),