diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f3630ac8..0732bec0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ endif()
 include(FetchContent)
 include(cmake/deps.cmake)
 
+# Be sure to make zlib available before libpng, otherwise libpng
+# will attempt to `find_package(ZLIB)` without going through `FetchContent`.
 if(NOT DEFINED ZLIB_BUILD_TESTING) # Unless overridden (e.g. in the cache), we don't care about zlib's tests.
   set(ZLIB_BUILD_TESTING OFF)
 endif()