diff --git a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
index b45ee5f68..c0cd6e5b4 100644
--- a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
+++ b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ class OtherContactsForm(RegistrarForm):
 
     # Override clean in order to correct validation logic
     def clean(self):
+        # NOTE: using self.cleaned_data directly apparently causes a CORS error
         cleaned = super().clean()
         form_is_empty = all(v is None or v == "" for v in cleaned.values())
         if form_is_empty: