diff --git a/cargo-near/src/util/mod.rs b/cargo-near/src/util/mod.rs
index 3b421873..bbf0f76e 100644
--- a/cargo-near/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/cargo-near/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ pub(crate) fn compile_project(
 /// Create the directory if it doesn't exist, and return the absolute path to it.
 pub(crate) fn force_canonicalize_dir(dir: &Utf8Path) -> color_eyre::eyre::Result<Utf8PathBuf> {
     fs::create_dir_all(dir).wrap_err_with(|| format!("failed to create directory `{}`", dir))?;
-    // use `dunce` create instead of default one because it's compatible with Windows
+    // use `dunce` create instead of default one because it's compatible with Windows UNC paths
+    // and don't breake cargo compilation on Windows
+    // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42869
     let compatible_path = dunce::canonicalize(&dir);
     match compatible_path {
         Ok(path) => Ok(Utf8PathBuf::from_path_buf(path).unwrap()),