diff --git a/spec/integration/ssl_ber_spec.rb b/spec/integration/ssl_ber_spec.rb
index 20f3eac..4f40a20 100644
--- a/spec/integration/ssl_ber_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/ssl_ber_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ describe "BER serialisation (SSL)" do
   before(:each) do
     @from, @to = IO.pipe
     
+    # The production code operates on sockets, which do need #connect called
+    # on them to work. Pipes are more robust for this test, so we'll skip 
+    # the #connect call since it fails. 
     flexmock(OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket).
       new_instances.should_receive(:connect => nil)