diff --git a/src/commands/request.ts b/src/commands/request.ts
index 2716cec2..de8eb1be 100644
--- a/src/commands/request.ts
+++ b/src/commands/request.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const isCompletedStatus = (
 const requestArgs = <T>(yargs: yargs.Argv<T>) =>
   yargs
     .parserConfiguration({ "unknown-options-as-args": true })
-    .help(false)
+    .help(false) // Turn off help in order to forward the --help command to the backend so P0 can provide the available requestable resources
     .option("wait", {
       alias: "w",
       boolean: true,