diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/AssetSourceResolver.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/AssetSourceResolver.js
index c37fbe1fceb..93f71702acd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/AssetSourceResolver.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/AssetSourceResolver.js
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ function getAssetPathInDrawableFolder(asset: PackagerAsset): string {
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the asset can be loaded over the network.
+ *
+ * This prevents an issue loading XML assets on Android. XML asset types like
+ * vector drawables can only be loaded from precompiled source. Android does
+ * not support loading these over the network, and AAPT precompiles data by
+ * breaking path data and resource information apart into multiple files,
+ * stuffing it all into the resource table. As a result, we should only attempt
+ * to load resources as we would in release builds: by the resource name.
+ *
+ * For more information, see:
+ * https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62435069
+ * https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/68293189
  */
 function assetSupportsNetworkLoads(asset: PackagerAsset): boolean {
   return !(asset.type === 'xml' && Platform.OS === 'android');