diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 638bbf5f..cc94bbde 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1012,8 +1012,14 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
   ]
 else
   compile_warnings += [
+      # These warnings are intentionally disabled:
+      # - missing field initializers being implicitly 0 is a feature,
+      #   not a bug
+      # - -Wunused-parameter is annoying when writing callbacks that follow
+      #   a fixed signature but do not necessarily need all of its parameters
       '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
       '-Wno-unused-parameter',
+
       '-Wchar-subscripts',
       '-Wfloat-equal',
   ]