diff --git a/cpan/CPAN/lib/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm b/cpan/CPAN/lib/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm
index e24a969..d8951cb 100644
--- a/cpan/CPAN/lib/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm
+++ b/cpan/CPAN/lib/CPAN/HandleConfig.pm
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ sub cpan_home_dir_candidates {
     push @dirs, $ENV{USERPROFILE} if $ENV{USERPROFILE};
 
     $CPAN::Config->{load_module_verbosity} = $old_v;
+    # @@CPAN_HOME@@ This is a placeholder so we can reliably search and update $dotcpan
     my $dotcpan = $^O eq 'VMS' ? '_cpan' : '.cpan';
     @dirs = map { File::Spec->catdir($_, $dotcpan) } grep { defined } @dirs;
     return wantarray ? @dirs : $dirs[0];
-- 
2.31.1.windows.1