diff --git a/.config/fish/config.fish b/.config/fish/config.fish
index 6746609..0b48323 100644
--- a/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/config.fish
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 #
 # My fish config. Not much to see here; just some pretty standard stuff.
 
-### EXPORT ###
+### ADDING TO THE PATH
+# First line removes the path; second line sets it.  Without the first line,
+# your path gets massive and fish becomes very slow.
 set -e fish_user_paths
 set -U fish_user_paths $HOME/.local/bin $HOME/Applications $fish_user_paths
+
+### EXPORT ###
 set fish_greeting                                 # Supresses fish's intro message
 set TERM "xterm-256color"                         # Sets the terminal type
 set EDITOR "emacsclient -t -a ''"                 # $EDITOR use Emacs in terminal