diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
index 33a350ef6ae8..bf3b53a599cb 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
@@ -4526,6 +4526,10 @@ public static function completeOrder(&$input, &$ids, $objects, $transaction, $re
       elseif ($recurContrib && $recurringContributionID) {
         //CRM-13273 - is_email_receipt setting on recurring contribution should take precedence over contribution page setting
         // but CRM-16124 if $input['is_email_receipt'] is set then that should not be overridden.
+        // dev/core#1245 this maybe not the desired effect because the default value for is_email_receipt is set to 0 rather than 1 in
+        // Instance that had the table added via an upgrade in 4.1
+        // see also https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-svn/commit/7f39befd60bc735408d7866b02b3ac7fff1d4eea#diff-9ad8e290180451a2d6eacbd3d1ca7966R354
+        // https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/1245
         $values['is_email_receipt'] = $recurContrib->is_email_receipt;
       }