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diff --git a/src/include/taler_json_lib.h b/src/include/taler_json_lib.h
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--- a/src/include/taler_json_lib.h
+++ b/src/include/taler_json_lib.h
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ TALER_JSON_spec_denomination_signature (const char *field,
/**
* Hash a JSON for binary signing.
*
+ * See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-rundgren-json-canonicalization-scheme-15
+ * for fun JSON canonicalization problems. Callers must ensure that
+ * those are avoided in the input. We will use libjanson's "JSON_COMPACT"
+ * encoding for whitespace and "JSON_SORT_KEYS" to canonicalize as best
+ * as we can.
+ *
* @param[in] json some JSON value to hash
* @param[out] hc resulting hash code
* @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error