diff --git a/test/components/extractors/test_named_entity_extractor.py b/test/components/extractors/test_named_entity_extractor.py
index 3001539e83..f090e6c992 100644
--- a/test/components/extractors/test_named_entity_extractor.py
+++ b/test/components/extractors/test_named_entity_extractor.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 def test_named_entity_extractor_backend():
     _ = NamedEntityExtractor(backend=NamedEntityExtractorBackend.HUGGING_FACE, model="dslim/bert-base-NER")
 
+    # private model, will fail if HF_API_TOKEN is not set
     _ = NamedEntityExtractor(backend=NamedEntityExtractorBackend.HUGGING_FACE, model="deepset/bert-base-NER")
 
     _ = NamedEntityExtractor(backend="hugging_face", model="dslim/bert-base-NER")