diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/SearchFilterBar.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/SearchFilterBar.svelte
index a7251202..589476df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/SearchFilterBar.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/SearchFilterBar.svelte
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ let {
 let sortDirMounted = false;
 
 $effect(() => {
-	// Track sort and dir so this effect re-runs when either changes
+	// Read sort and dir so Svelte tracks them as dependencies of this effect.
+	// `void` suppresses the ESLint no-unused-expressions rule for bare variable reads.
 	void sort;
 	void dir;
 	if (!sortDirMounted) {