diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
index 252ba75bd..afe19dfbb 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def config_from_env(variable_name: str, *, default: str | bool | int | None = No
 config_from_env("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_FEATURE_ELEMENT_UNITS_ENABLED", default=False)
 config_from_env("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ELEMENT_UNITS_CACHE_DIR", default="src/instance/element-unit-cache")
 
-### cryptography or simple-crypt
+### cryptography (to encrypt) or no_op_cipher (to not encrypt)
 config_from_env(
     # "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ENCRYPTION_LIB", default="cryptography"
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ENCRYPTION_LIB",