diff --git a/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser.py b/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser.py
index 7165f25ee0f..35d2af04a7f 100755
--- a/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser.py
+++ b/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser.py
@@ -817,7 +817,8 @@ class Parser:
 
 def strify(string):
     """
-Massage a string into what appears to be a JSON-compatible form
+Massage a string into what appears to be a JSON-compatible form.
+This can be replaced with json.dumps() in python 2.6.
 """
     s = repr(string)
     front = s.index("'")
diff --git a/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser2.py b/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser2.py
index f75ad6aa94c..d5376f3b59c 100755
--- a/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser2.py
+++ b/data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser2.py
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ class Parser:
 
 def strify(string):
     """
-Massage a string into what appears to be a JSON-compatible form
+Massage a string into what appears to be a JSON-compatible form.
+This can be replaced with json.dumps() in python 2.6.
 """
     s = repr(string)
     front = s.index("'")