diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index ba4ce54d4..04bca3f87 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 . "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
+# use --no-stash with submodules. Without this it will fail if there are changes only in submodule
+# https://github.com/okonet/lint-staged/issues/929#issuecomment-1177098945
 npx lint-staged --allow-empty --verbose --no-stash