diff --git a/.github/workflows/os-release-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/os-release-issues.yml
index 51ee9554bf..f06b13c16b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/os-release-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/os-release-issues.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - id: set-matrix
+        # produces a list of major.minor versions only, no patch versions e.g. ["1.4.0","2.10.0","2.6.0","2.7.0","2.8.0","2.9.0","3.0.0"]
         run: echo "versions=$(ls manifests/**/opensearch*.yml | cut -d'/' -f2 | grep '0$' | grep -v '[0-9]0$' | sort | uniq | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   list-components-per-version:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/osd-release-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/osd-release-issues.yml
index 205dc3e064..2f41a16deb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osd-release-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osd-release-issues.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - id: set-matrix
+        # produces a list of major.minor versions only, no patch versions e.g. ["1.4.0","2.10.0","2.6.0","2.7.0","2.8.0","2.9.0","3.0.0"]
         run: echo "versions=$(ls manifests/**/opensearch-dashboards*.yml | cut -d'/' -f2 | grep '0$' | grep -v '[0-9]0$' | sort | uniq | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   list-components-per-version: