diff --git a/kyaml/Makefile b/kyaml/Makefile
index b068770b4..8ef332976 100644
--- a/kyaml/Makefile
+++ b/kyaml/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ test:
 vet:
 	go vet ./...
 
+# sed command was added to resolve https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/2767
+# it changes the ports merge key in kyaml/openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.json
+# likely related to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/39188
 openapi:
 	sed -i 's/"x-kubernetes-patch-merge-key": "containerPort"/"x-kubernetes-patch-merge-key": "name"/g' 'openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.json'
 	(which $(GOPATH)/bin/go-bindata || go get -v github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata)
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
index 1dec4da46..9bd026496 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/PatchTransformer_test.go
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ spec:
         path: /test
 `)
 }
+
 func TestPatchTransformerJsonAsYaml(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeEnhancedHarness(t).
 		PrepBuiltin("PatchTransformer")
@@ -691,6 +692,10 @@ spec:
 `)
 }
 
+// test for https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/2767
+// resolved with a sed command in kyaml/Makefile that edits the file
+// kyaml/openapi/kubernetesapi/swagger.json to change the ports merge key
+// likely related to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/39188
 func TestPatchTransformerSimilarArrays(t *testing.T) {
 	th := kusttest_test.MakeEnhancedHarness(t).
 		PrepBuiltin("PatchTransformer")