diff --git a/mopidy/backends/__init__.py b/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
index 0fef5790..34c74a39 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/__init__.py
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ class BasePlaybackController(object):
 
     @property
     def volume(self):
+    # FIXME Shouldn't we just be using the backend mixer directly? ie can we
+    # remove this?
         """
         The audio volume as an int in the range [0, 100].