diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/SignificantTermsAggregatorFactory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/SignificantTermsAggregatorFactory.java
index 080cac9cbfb85..c3ed7a6dd5dfb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/SignificantTermsAggregatorFactory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/SignificantTermsAggregatorFactory.java
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ public static ExecutionMode fromString(String value, final DeprecationLogger dep
             if ("global_ordinals".equals(value)) {
                 return GLOBAL_ORDINALS;
             } else if ("global_ordinals_hash".equals(value)) {
+                /*
+                 * We have no plans to remove this so we don't break anyone, no matter
+                 * how few people still use this or how long it's been deprecated.
+                 */
                 deprecationLogger.warn(
                     DeprecationCategory.AGGREGATIONS,
                     "global_ordinals_hash",