diff --git a/gramps/plugins/drawreport/drawplugins.gpr.py b/gramps/plugins/drawreport/drawplugins.gpr.py
index 2d84cdfdc..437d4bae1 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/drawreport/drawplugins.gpr.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/drawreport/drawplugins.gpr.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 MODULE_VERSION="5.0"
 
+# this is the default in gen/plug/_pluginreg.py: plg.require_active = True
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Ancestor Tree
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/graph/graphplugins.gpr.py b/gramps/plugins/graph/graphplugins.gpr.py
index 7f4644f52..c04b9734a 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/graph/graphplugins.gpr.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/graph/graphplugins.gpr.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 MODULE_VERSION="5.0"
 
+# this is the default in gen/plug/_pluginreg.py: plg.require_active = True
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Family Lines Graph
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/textreport/textplugins.gpr.py b/gramps/plugins/textreport/textplugins.gpr.py
index da0fd3987..190c8ee5d 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/textreport/textplugins.gpr.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/textreport/textplugins.gpr.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 MODULE_VERSION="5.0"
 
+# this is the default in gen/plug/_pluginreg.py: plg.require_active = True
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Ancestor Report