diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/tasks.py b/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/tasks.py
index 348394cdca..e90d677897 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/tasks.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/tasks.py
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ def legacy_role_import(
         # ALL semver tags should become versions
         current_tags = []
         for cversion in versions:
+            # we want tag but the sync'ed roles don't have it
+            # because the serializer returns "name" instead.
             tag = cversion.get('tag')
             if not tag:
                 tag = cversion.get('name')