diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
index 16de0fd1c..3dee616c1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             AllowedQuality('mp4', ('low', 'medium', 'high',)),
         )
 
+        # In order to minimize the number of calls to ViewClip API and reduce
+        # the probability of being throttled or banned by Pluralsight we will request
+        # only single format until explicit listformats was requested.
         if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', False):
             allowed_qualities = ALLOWED_QUALITIES
         else: