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diff --git a/prompt_toolkit/input/win32_pipe.py b/prompt_toolkit/input/win32_pipe.py
index 85c609bf..855d08ae 100644
--- a/prompt_toolkit/input/win32_pipe.py
+++ b/prompt_toolkit/input/win32_pipe.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class Win32PipeInput(Input):
def __init__(self):
# Event (handle) for registering this input in the event loop.
# This event is set when there is data available to read from the pipe.
+ # Note: We use this approach instead of using a regular pipe, like
+ # returned from `os.pipe()`, because making such a regular pipe
+ # non-blocking is tricky and this works really well.
self._event = create_win32_event()
self._closed = False