diff --git a/extensions/github-authentication/src/github.ts b/extensions/github-authentication/src/github.ts
index ee1a179a359..52865e6502e 100644
--- a/extensions/github-authentication/src/github.ts
+++ b/extensions/github-authentication/src/github.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ export class GitHubAuthenticationProvider implements vscode.AuthenticationProvid
 						: userInfo?.accountName ?? '<unknown>',
 					id: session.account?.id ?? userInfo?.id ?? '<unknown>'
 				},
+				// we set this to session.scopes to maintain the original order of the scopes requested
+				// by the extension that called getSession()
 				scopes: session.scopes,
 				accessToken: session.accessToken
 			};