diff --git a/terraform/backend.tf b/terraform/backend.tf
index cbb4e2b..07ed6bb 100644
--- a/terraform/backend.tf
+++ b/terraform/backend.tf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ terraform {
   backend "s3" {
     bucket = "prod-env"
     key    = "./terraform.tfstate"
-    region = "us-east-1"                                # e.g. us-east-1
+    region = "us-east-1"                                # e.g. us-east-1  ## Region must be hardcoded to an AWS allowed region in order for this resource block to work.
     endpoint = "us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com"       # e.g. us-east-1.linodeobjects.com
     skip_credentials_validation = true                  # Terraform will ask AWS about credential validation instead of Linode if this is enabled.
   }