diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp
index 4b3bf77d6..059a08073 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/lexer.hpp
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
           locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
           locale-dependent converters.
     */
-    token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto]
+    token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
         // reset token_buffer to store the number's bytes
         reset();
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 18066f486..d8e114907 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -8340,7 +8340,7 @@ class lexer : public lexer_base<BasicJsonType>
           locale's decimal point is used instead of `.` to work with the
           locale-dependent converters.
     */
-    token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto]
+    token_type scan_number()  // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto] `goto` is used in this function to implement the number-parsing state machine described above. By design, any finite input will eventually reach the "done" state or return token_type::parse_error. In each intermediate state, 1 byte of the input is appended to the token_buffer vector, and only the already initialized variables token_buffer, number_type, and error_message are manipulated.
     {
         // reset token_buffer to store the number's bytes
         reset();