diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
index 7bd026c773..371f122713 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
@@ -1232,8 +1232,11 @@ export async function categorizePackageDirs(packageDirs: string[]) {
           if (!role) {
             return; // Ignore packages without roles
           }
+          // TODO(Rugvip): Inlined packages are ignored because we can't handle @internal exports
+          //               gracefully, and we don't want to have to mark all exports @public etc.
+          //               It would be good if we could include these packages though.
           if (pkgJson?.backstage?.inline) {
-            return; // Ignore inline packages
+            return;
           }
           if (role === 'cli') {
             cliPackageDirs.push(dir);