diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
index 73f83c27ce9..623b460925a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
   <!-- Do nothing for ulink to avoid footnotes -->
 </xsl:template>
 
-<!-- Also suppress the description of the section markers in print mode -->
+<!--
+Suppress the description of the commit link markers in print mode.
+Caues an "Unresolved ID reference found" warning during PDF builds
+because the paragraph is suppressed in the output.
+-->
 <xsl:template match="appendix[@id='release']//para[@id='release-commit-links']">
   <!-- Output nothing for this para -->
 </xsl:template>