diff --git a/gnome-icon-theme.spec b/gnome-icon-theme.spec
index bae41e5..04258a9 100644
--- a/gnome-icon-theme.spec
+++ b/gnome-icon-theme.spec
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/gnome &>/dev/null || :
 
 %files -f files.txt
 %doc COPYING AUTHORS
+# better to co-own the directory than pull pkgconfig in
 %dir %{_datadir}/pkgconfig
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/gnome-icon-theme.pc
 %ghost %{_datadir}/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache