diff --git a/vars/debian-8.yml b/vars/debian-8.yml
index 821c56188..99accdf52 100644
--- a/vars/debian-8.yml
+++ b/vars/debian-8.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ is_debuntu: True
 is_debian: True
 is_debian_8: True
 
+# 2019-01-31: These apply if-only-if named_install and/or dhcpd_install are True
+# (This is quite rare now that vars/default_vars.yml sets dnsmasq_install: True)
 dns_service: bind9
 dns_user: bind
+
 proxy: squid3
 proxy_user: proxy
 apache_service: apache2