diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/ml-data.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/ml-data.ts
index 60622ee45c..9f03c618cd 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/ml-data.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/ml-data.ts
@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ export const fetchMLData = async (
         }
 
         try {
-            // TODO: This line is included in the photos app which currently
-            // doesn't have strict mode enabled, and where it causes a spurious
-            // error, so we unfortunately need to turn off typechecking.
+            // See: [Note: strict mode migration]
+            //
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
             // @ts-ignore
             const decryptedBytes = await decryptBlob(remoteFileData, file.key);
@@ -194,8 +193,11 @@ export const fetchMLData = async (
 const remoteMLDataFromJSONString = (jsonString: string) => {
     const raw = RawRemoteMLData.parse(JSON.parse(jsonString));
     const parseResult = ParsedRemoteMLData.safeParse(raw);
-    // This code is included in apps/photos, which currently does not have the
-    // TypeScript strict mode enabled, which causes a spurious tsc failure.
+    // TODO: [Note: strict mode migration]
+    //
+    // This code is included in apps/photos where it causes spurious tsc failure
+    // since the photos app currently does not have the TypeScript strict mode
+    // enabled (unlike the current file).
     //
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
index b7a24a50c5..58bc3bf553 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
@@ -442,9 +442,8 @@ const defaultCityRadius = 10;
 const kmsPerDegree = 111.16;
 
 const isInsideLocationTag = (location: Location, locationTag: LocationTag) =>
-    // This code is included in the photos app which currently doesn't have
-    // strict mode, and causes a spurious linter warning (but only when included
-    // in photos!), so we need to ts-ignore.
+    // See: [Note: strict mode migration]
+    //
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
     // @ts-ignore
     isWithinRadius(location, locationTag.centerPoint, locationTag.radius);
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
index 88b494fcf6..abbc070ddb 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/user-entity.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ export const savedLocationTags = async () =>
  * the cgroup specific entity key.
  */
 export const pullCGroups = (masterKey: Uint8Array) => {
+    // See: [Note: strict mode migration]
+    //
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
     const parse = async (id: string, data: Uint8Array): Promise<CGroup> => ({
         id,
         name: undefined,