diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5580dca1..a6a097a6 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # All PRs need to be approved by a member of the reviewers team
+# Note that for this to work, the repository's access settings (https://github.com/DeepBlueRobotics/RobotCode2024/settings/access)
+# need to be configured to allow the reviewers team (or a parent team like devs) to explicitly have write (or higher) access.
+# It isn't sufficient for all org members to have write access.
 * @DeepBlueRobotics/reviewers