diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb
index 5369da49d..b4a00045e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         begin
+          # The `dup` is required in @argv because the OptionParser
+          # modifies it in place as it finds matching arguments.
           parser.parse!(@argv.dup)
         rescue OptionParser::MissingArgument
           # Missing argument means the argument existed but had no data,