diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4eb717af2f5ab20eb9302323f12d00680d4c998b..def734ac1b5b4a648df58a6904d51835229dbb86 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ ISRELEASED = False
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 8
 MICRO = 0
+# Do not tag as pre-release until this commit
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/515
+# has made it into a release. Probably we should wait for pypa/packaging>=21.4
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases
 PRE = "" # "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
 
 if PRE: