diff --git a/src/installer/build.proj b/src/installer/build.proj
index dda66d0911bea97b23c0727f0fb4302c8a398ca3..47378ea9466f13538df26613fc2df4b713090b30 100644
--- a/src/installer/build.proj
+++ b/src/installer/build.proj
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="BatchRestorePackages" Condition="'$(RestoreDuringBuild)'=='true'">
+    <!-- Restore packages in a separate msbuild instance so that the buildversion props file generated in
+         CreateVersionInfoFile target gets evaluated, this ensures VersionSuffix is set (especially during 
+         'dotnet restore') to work around https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4337 -->
     <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)restore.proj" />
   </Target>