diff --git a/skeletons/configure.xml b/skeletons/configure.xml
index 6944d60a8c..7dada2c584 100644
--- a/skeletons/configure.xml
+++ b/skeletons/configure.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
  <!-- If the extension doesn't need to be installed (built-in extension) use this entity -->
  <!-- &no.install; -->
- <!-- There are various PECL related entities in language-snippets.ent -->
+ <!-- There are various PECL related entities in language-snippets.ent / todo: decide PECL removal -->
  <simpara>
   To enable extname support, configure PHP with 
   <option role="configure">theconfigoption</option>
diff --git a/skeletons/versions.xml b/skeletons/versions.xml
index 1ebae0bcab..d96da1767e 100644
--- a/skeletons/versions.xml
+++ b/skeletons/versions.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 <versions>
  <function name='foo' from='PHP 7 &gt;= 7.4.0, PHP 8'/>
  <function name='bar' from='PHP 8'/>
- <function name='baz' from='PECL extname &gt;= 0.4'/>
- <function name='quz' from='PECL extname 0.1-0.3' removed="PECL extname 0.3"/>
- <function name='classname::methodname' from='PECL extname &gt;= 1.1'/>
+ <function name='baz' from='PECL extname &gt;= 0.4'/><!--  / todo: decide PECL removal -->
+ <function name='quz' from='PECL extname 0.1-0.3' removed="PECL extname 0.3"/><!--  / todo: decide PECL removal -->
+ <function name='classname::methodname' from='PECL extname &gt;= 1.1'/><!--  / todo: decide PECL removal -->
 </versions>
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