diff --git a/src/JS.hs b/src/JS.hs
index d3576f3..1a94e93 100644
--- a/src/JS.hs
+++ b/src/JS.hs
@@ -335,6 +335,19 @@ expandItemNotes =
     switchSection("#item-notes-"+itemId, "expanded");
   |]
 
+{- Note [dynamic interface]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+'makeTraitEditor' creates a textbox that appears when you try to edit a pro/con; 'makeItemNotesEditor' creates a textbox that appears when you try to edit item's notes. (Both also create some buttons/etc.)
+
+This is rather inelegant, rather hacky, and in most places we try *not* to create any HTML dynamically, instead relying on sections (see Note [show-hide]). However, in this case we have to – Firefox has a bug that makes loading pages with lots of <textarea>s slow, and so we have to reduce the number of <textarea>s contained on each page.
+
+See <https://github.com/aelve/guide/issues/24>.
+
+-}
+
+-- | Dynamically creates a 'View.smallMarkdownEditor' (but specifically for a
+-- trait). See Note [dynamic interface].
 makeTraitEditor :: JSFunction a => a
 makeTraitEditor =
   makeJSFunction "makeTraitEditor"
@@ -364,6 +377,8 @@ makeTraitEditor =
     $(sectionNode).append(area, br, cancelBtn);
   |]
 
+-- | Dynamically creates a 'View.markdownEdito' (but specifically for item
+-- notes). See Note [dynamic interface].
 makeItemNotesEditor :: JSFunction a => a
 makeItemNotesEditor =
   makeJSFunction "makeItemNotesEditor"
diff --git a/src/View.hs b/src/View.hs
index eddde3f..b0673b1 100644
--- a/src/View.hs
+++ b/src/View.hs
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ renderTrait itemId trait = do
         JS.deleteTrait (itemId, trait^.uid, this)
       textareaUid <- randomLongUid
       textButton "edit" $
+        -- See Note [dynamic interface]
         JS.makeTraitEditor (this, JS.selectUid editingSectionUid,
                             textareaUid,
                             trait^.content.mdText,
@@ -969,6 +970,7 @@ renderItemNotes category item = do
               JS.switchSection (this, "collapsed" :: Text)
             emptySpan "1em"
             textButton "edit notes" $
+              -- See Note [dynamic interface]
               JS.makeItemNotesEditor (
                    this, JS.selectUid editingSectionUid,
                    textareaUid,