diff --git a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
index 07951f76fb212d1ca460a7256a35292c73e13352..e5bfb72356e426aec5f166199f56d1175d489e6b 100644
--- a/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
+++ b/Global/SublimeText.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# SublimeText project files
+# workspace files are user-specific
 *.sublime-workspace
 
-# *.sublime-project should be checked into the repository as a general rule
+# project files should be checked into the repository, unless a significant
+# proportion of contributors will probably not be using SublimeText
+# *.sublime-project