diff --git a/doc/todo/add_remove_to_actionlist.mdwn b/doc/todo/add_remove_to_actionlist.mdwn
index df0f75a59..b50fe885f 100644
--- a/doc/todo/add_remove_to_actionlist.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/add_remove_to_actionlist.mdwn
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ submission more carefully).
 I haven't begun on the 'rename' plugin. -- [[Jon]]
 
 [[!tag wishlist patch]]
+
+> I accidentally pushed an incomplete patch to that branch that starts the
+> work of doing the same for rename, but it's not working yet, to merge one
+> would need to cherry-pick the other patches for now. Sorry. -- [[Jon]]