diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index 35964e0b202b..62913482deb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ rec {
   ffmpeg_7-headless = mkFFmpeg v7 "headless";
   ffmpeg_7-full = mkFFmpeg v7 "full";
 
-  # Please make sure this is updated to the latest version on the next major
-  # update to ffmpeg
-  # Packages which use ffmpeg as a library, should pin to the relevant major
-  # version number which the upstream support.
+  # Please make sure this is updated to new major versions once they
+  # build and work on all the major platforms. If absolutely necessary
+  # due to severe breaking changes, the bump can wait a little bit to
+  # give the most proactive users time to migrate, but don’t hold off
+  # for too long.
+  #
+  # Packages which depend on FFmpeg should generally use these
+  # unversioned aliases to allow for quicker migration to new releases,
+  # but can pin one of the versioned variants if they do not work with
+  # the current default version.
   ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
   ffmpeg-headless = ffmpeg_7-headless;
   ffmpeg-full = ffmpeg_7-full;