diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 2261a048..5881a7c4 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Checks:
   - modernize-*
   - -modernize-use-trailing-return-type
   - -modernize-macro-to-enum
+  # already covered by cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays
   - -modernize-avoid-c-arrays
   - performance-*
   - -performance-enum-size