diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
index 878ce0c566..31942b8fae 100644
--- a/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # preset that enables KOKKOS and selects CUDA compilation with OpenMP
-# enabled as well. This preselects CC 5.0 as default GPU arch, since
-# that is compatible with all higher CC, but not the default CC 3.5
+# enabled as well. The GPU architecture *must* match your hardware
 set(PKG_KOKKOS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA   ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)