diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_lazy_indirect.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_lazy_indirect.txt
index 13640cbc23..1cef9d1c0c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_lazy_indirect.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_lazy_indirect.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ stderr '^m.go:3:8: no required module provides package rsc\.io/quote; to add it:
 
 
 # When we run the suggested 'go get' command, the new dependency can be used
-# immediately, even though 'go get' marks it as 'indirect'.
+# immediately.
 #
-# TODO(#45979): Should we swap this default state, so that new dependencies
-# are added as direct unless otherwise noted?
+# 'go get' marks the new dependency as 'indirect', because it doesn't scan
+# enough source code to know whether it is direct, and it is easier and less
+# invasive to remove an incorrect indirect mark (e.g. using 'go get') than to
+# add one that is missing ('go mod tidy' or 'go mod vendor').
 
 go get rsc.io/quote
 grep 'rsc.io/quote v\d+\.\d+\.\d+ // indirect$' go.mod