diff --git a/client/internal/elevate/output.go b/client/internal/elevate/output.go
index 2ff0bc143..6e1646bd3 100644
--- a/client/internal/elevate/output.go
+++ b/client/internal/elevate/output.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import "strings"
 // said still reads as a sentence.
 const noOutput = "no output"
 
-// firstLine trims captured output to something that reads in one line.
 func firstLine(s string) string {
 	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
 	if s == "" {
diff --git a/client/internal/elevate/run_unix.go b/client/internal/elevate/run_unix.go
index 4a37670e2..b2de09a49 100644
--- a/client/internal/elevate/run_unix.go
+++ b/client/internal/elevate/run_unix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build linux || freebsd
+//go:build linux
 
 package elevate
 
diff --git a/client/internal/elevate/run_unix_test.go b/client/internal/elevate/run_unix_test.go
index d9a9f900a..c868f9a74 100644
--- a/client/internal/elevate/run_unix_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/elevate/run_unix_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build linux || freebsd
+//go:build linux
 
 package elevate
 
diff --git a/client/internal/elevate/run_unsupported.go b/client/internal/elevate/run_unsupported.go
index 887525c4b..d1daf3184 100644
--- a/client/internal/elevate/run_unsupported.go
+++ b/client/internal/elevate/run_unsupported.go
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-//go:build !windows && !darwin && !linux && !freebsd
+//go:build !windows && !darwin && !linux
 
 package elevate
 
 import "context"
 
-// run reports that this platform has no elevation prompt to drive. Mobile and
-// WASM builds have no local user to ask in the first place.
+// run reports that this platform has no elevation prompt to drive.
+//
+// The desktop app is the only caller and is not built for any of these: mobile
+// and WASM have no local user to ask, and the FreeBSD client ships without a UI.
+// pkexec would be the mechanism there, and run_unix.go is what to widen if that
+// changes.
 func run(context.Context, string, []string) error {
 	return ErrUnavailable
 }