diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/level-zero/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/level-zero/recipe.toml
index 2d65ef098..75e9fe639 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/level-zero/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/level-zero/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero#building-and-installing
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero#building-and-installing
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero"
 rev = "ea5be99d8d34480447ab1e3c7efc30d6f179b123"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/mnn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/mnn/recipe.toml
index 5b07694fe..605457a02 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/mnn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/mnn/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, lacking English build instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking English build instructions
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/alibaba/MNN"
 rev = "1ea55f467fb231655cf1e08f77d4a0f1043c4c29"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/mold/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/mold/recipe.toml
index b06c086d3..7234cb240 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/mold/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/mold/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#TODO compilation error
-#TODO maybe incomplete script
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions - https://github.com/rui314/mold#how-to-build
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/rui314/mold"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
index d0eea2f3e..b363536e7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn/wiki/how-to-build#build-for-linux
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn/wiki/how-to-build#build-for-linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
index 7c163c021..eb1bf9872 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://gitlab.com/xonotic/netradiant#advanced-compilation
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.com/xonotic/netradiant#advanced-compilation
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.com/xonotic/netradiant"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
index c6f30839c..1f4757573 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://dev.opencascade.org/doc/overview/html/build_upgrade__building_occt.html
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://dev.opencascade.org/doc/overview/html/build_upgrade__building_occt.html
 #TODO missing dependencies, see https://dev.opencascade.org/doc/overview/html/build_upgrade_building_3rdparty.html#build_3rdparty_linux
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/Open-Cascade-SAS/OCCT/archive/refs/tags/V7_8_0.tar.gz"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
index ae13a845f..1fb82abeb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/blob/v1.x/docs/CONTRIBUTING/Compiling.md#linux
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/blob/v1.x/docs/CONTRIBUTING/Compiling.md#linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc"
 rev = "5f95fb95a2a225a092372e7bd0bfd2073525d3ac"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
index 5d7877c85..6dde3f798 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO Probably wrong script, see https://github.com/google/shaderc#getting-and-building-shaderc
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/google/shaderc#getting-and-building-shaderc
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/google/shaderc"
 rev = "3882b16417077aa8eaa7b5775920e7ba4b8a224d"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
index 0c3708fb0..2ebf55477 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO probably wrong script, see https://github.com/google/souper#building-souper
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/google/souper#building-souper
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/google/souper"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
index 0eeb591e7..0f4eebf91 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal#build-instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal#build-instructions
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/releases/download/v0.7.0/zeal-0.7.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
index 3a7676181..6ba6cbb8f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/nihui/vkpeak#build-from-source
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/nihui/vkpeak#build-from-source
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/nihui/vkpeak"
 [build]