diff --git a/import/import.properties b/import/import.properties
index fb1a64b6078ea51c9c39fbb3f62ac12815fd06b0..523d17214b29fcb7d73b26dcd3122dbf4c8cbcc6 100644
--- a/import/import.properties
+++ b/import/import.properties
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ marc.permissive = true
 marc.default_encoding = BESTGUESS
 marc.include_errors = true
 
-# Perform Unicode normalization.
+# Perform Unicode normalization (ignored unless marc.to_utf_8 is true).
 #
 # Allowed values are:
 #