diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm b/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
index 8c8b360497..7303f0f33a 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 
 // Subsystem init_order, from highest priority to lowest priority
+// Subsystems shutdown in the reverse of the order they initialize in
 // The numbers just define the ordering, they are meaningless otherwise.
 
 #define INIT_ORDER_SERVER_MAINT 16
@@ -71,4 +72,4 @@
 #define RUNLEVEL_GAME 4
 #define RUNLEVEL_POSTGAME 8
 
-#define RUNLEVELS_DEFAULT (RUNLEVEL_SETUP | RUNLEVEL_GAME | RUNLEVEL_POSTGAME)
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+#define RUNLEVELS_DEFAULT (RUNLEVEL_SETUP | RUNLEVEL_GAME | RUNLEVEL_POSTGAME)