diff --git a/container/mts/mpegts.go b/container/mts/mpegts.go
index 2be1841b..68565078 100644
--- a/container/mts/mpegts.go
+++ b/container/mts/mpegts.go
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ func asByte(b bool) byte {
 
 // GotsPacket takes a byte slice and returns a Packet as defined in github.com/comcast/gots/packet.
 // TODO: replace this with a type conversion as described here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/395
+// when it becomes available in Go 1.17.
 func GotsPacket(b []byte) *packet.Packet {
 	if len(b) != packet.PacketSize {
 		panic("invalid packet size")