diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2d85e1b8..af5c1807 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Deviations from qqq-java library standard circleci config:
+## - To test AWS S3, uses localstsack executor, orb, and startup step
+## - This docker image doesn't have java-17, so we install (and cache) jvm-17
 version: 2.1
 
 executors: