diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index ff27be4e0..9530b7666 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "no-trailing-spaces": ["error", { "skipBlankLines": true }],
         "no-unused-vars": ["error", {"args": "after-used", "varsIgnorePattern": "^_"}],
         "no-use-before-define": ["error"],
-        "quotes": ["off"], # Blockly mixes single and double quotes
+        "quotes": ["off"], # Blockly uses single quotes except for JSON blobs, which must use double quotes.
         "semi": ["error", "always"],
         "space-before-function-paren": ["error", "never"], # Blockly doesn't have space before function paren
         "strict": ["off"], # Blockly uses 'use strict' in files