diff --git a/css/components/_components.buttons.scss b/css/components/_components.buttons.scss
index 77b4d2f..b02aeb0 100644
--- a/css/components/_components.buttons.scss
+++ b/css/components/_components.buttons.scss
@@ -73,10 +73,15 @@
 
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * 1. Artificially increase specificity to combat leaky `.band--* a {}` rules.
+ */
+
 .c-btn--tertiary {
   background-color: $color-btn-tertiary-bg;
 
-  &#{&},
+  &#{&}, /* [1] */
   &:hover,
   &:active,
   &:focus {
diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index 12a5a52..1767466 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -1371,6 +1371,9 @@ a:hover, a:focus {
   background-color: #1d2733;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 1. Artificially increase specificity to combat leaky `.band--* a {}` rules.
+ */
 .c-btn--tertiary {
   background-color: #fff;
 }