diff --git a/res/css/views/dialogs/_DevtoolsDialog.scss b/res/css/views/dialogs/_DevtoolsDialog.scss
index 0ed84f227b..417d0d6744 100644
--- a/res/css/views/dialogs/_DevtoolsDialog.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/dialogs/_DevtoolsDialog.scss
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ limitations under the License.
     }
 }
 
+/* Ordering this block by specificity would require breaking it up into several
+   chunks, which seems like it would be more confusing to read. */
 /* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity */
 .mx_DevTools_tgl-flip {
     + .mx_DevTools_tgl-btn {
diff --git a/res/css/views/elements/_Field.scss b/res/css/views/elements/_Field.scss
index 1bc961d1f8..975f7c2e78 100644
--- a/res/css/views/elements/_Field.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/elements/_Field.scss
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ limitations under the License.
     color: $greyed-fg-color;
 }
 
+/* Ordering this block by specificity would require breaking it up into several
+   chunks, which seems like it would be more confusing to read. */
 /* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity */
 .mx_Field_valid {
     &.mx_Field,
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index c97ce0c584..5e01c32147 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ div.mx_EventTile_notSent.mx_EventTile_redacted .mx_UnknownBody {
 
 /* end of overrides */
 
+/* Ordering this block by specificity would require breaking it up into several
+   chunks, which seems like it would be more confusing to read. */
 /* stylelint-disable no-descending-specificity */
 .mx_MatrixChat_useCompactLayout {
     .mx_EventTile {