diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 68aec5d..3a037ca 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -975,9 +975,11 @@
 #  $1 The name of the database backend to use (mysql, postgresql, ...)
 function use_database {
     if [[ -z "$DATABASE_BACKENDS" ]]; then
-        # The backends haven't initialized yet, just save the selection for now
+        # No backends registered means this is likely called from ``localrc``
+        # This is now deprecated usage
         DATABASE_TYPE=$1
     else
+        # This should no longer get called...here for posterity
         use_exclusive_service DATABASE_BACKENDS DATABASE_TYPE $1
     fi
 }