diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad46b30..f2cf6b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# comment this out distribution branches
+node_modules/
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
@@ -32,8 +35,7 @@ bower_components
 # Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
 build/Release
 
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules/
+# Other Dependency directories
 jspm_packages/
 
 # TypeScript v1 declaration files
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3538dc..cb00001 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Actions are run from GitHub repos.  We will create a releases branch and only ch
 
 Comment out node_modules in .gitignore and create a releases/v1 branch
 ```bash
-# Dependency directories
+# comment this out distribution branches
 # node_modules/
 ```