diff --git a/doc/dev/todo/niconext b/doc/dev/todo/niconext
index 55598bfd..04dfc21b 100644
--- a/doc/dev/todo/niconext
+++ b/doc/dev/todo/niconext
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 Documentation cleanup
-   - how to debug explorer => 1.0.2
diff --git a/doc/man/cdist-explorer.text b/doc/man/cdist-explorer.text
index 9e40ca4b..63c7a5c9 100644
--- a/doc/man/cdist-explorer.text
+++ b/doc/man/cdist-explorer.text
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ $__type_explorer/<explorer name> (type explorer).
 In case of significant errors, the explorer may exit non-zero and return an
 error message on stderr, which will cause the cdist run to abort.
 
+You can also use stderr for debugging purposes while developing a new
+explorer.
 
 EXAMPLES
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