diff --git a/scripts/README b/scripts/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7bd405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This directory contains scripts that are (or were once) used to maintain the
+database. Most of them will not work any more, since whatever they did was
+already done. They're included here for reference, should something similar be
+needed again.
+
+Make sure you know what you are doing when running these.
diff --git a/scripts/add-bw-locations.py b/scripts/add-bw-locations.py
index 5f031a0..4b38c86 100755
--- a/scripts/add-bw-locations.py
+++ b/scripts/add-bw-locations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
+"""
+This is an unmaintained one-shot script, only included in the repo for
+reference.
+"""
 
 from codecs import open
 
diff --git a/scripts/migration-i18n.py b/scripts/migration-i18n.py
index 4c1f99c..724034f 100644
--- a/scripts/migration-i18n.py
+++ b/scripts/migration-i18n.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Creates autoincrement-style IDs when missing
 Sets text language to 9 (en), except when it sets to 1 (jp)
 
 And looks good doing it!
+
+This is an unmaintained one-shot script, only included in the repo for
+reference.
 """
 
 import csv