diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9e240b295..3011f1cae 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# The pre-commit steps used by colour are:
+# * codespell
+# * isort
+# * ruff-format
+# * ruff --fix
+# * blacken-docs
+# * prettier (with specific fixes)
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: "v5.0.0"