diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/opensaml/OpenSamlNameIdFormatFilter.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/opensaml/OpenSamlNameIdFormatFilter.java
index 7f4fc30ba..90a5f6c18 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/opensaml/OpenSamlNameIdFormatFilter.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/filters/opensaml/OpenSamlNameIdFormatFilter.java
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ public XMLObject filter(@Nullable XMLObject metadata) throws FilterException {
         return metadata;
     }
 
-    /**Overridden to get rid of log statements which result in NPE in the base class with parent being null**/
+    /**Overridden to get rid of log statements which result in NPE in the base class with parent being null
+     * TODO: remove this method once the parent mapping in AbstractXmlObject is implemented.
+     */
     @Override
     protected void filterRoleDescriptor(@Nonnull final RoleDescriptor role,
                                         @Nonnull @NonnullElements final Collection<String> formats) {