diff --git a/makefiles/tools/programmer.inc.mk b/makefiles/tools/programmer.inc.mk
index b3e78613a8..a46a60ff2b 100644
--- a/makefiles/tools/programmer.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/tools/programmer.inc.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ifeq (0,$(PROGRAMMER_QUIET))
   PROGRAMMER_VERBOSE_OPT ?= --verbose
 endif
 
-# Don't use the programmer wrapper
+# Don't use the programmer wrapper by default
 USE_PROGRAMMER_WRAPPER_SCRIPT ?= 0
 
 ifeq (1,$(USE_PROGRAMMER_WRAPPER_SCRIPT))