diff --git a/arrow/internal/testing/tools/fpunwind_arm64.s b/arrow/internal/testing/tools/fpunwind_arm64.s
index c96641d4..113092c0 100644
--- a/arrow/internal/testing/tools/fpunwind_arm64.s
+++ b/arrow/internal/testing/tools/fpunwind_arm64.s
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
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+
 TEXT ·FPUnwind(SB), $0-0
 	MOVD R29, R19
 loop:
diff --git a/arrow/memory/memory_test.go b/arrow/memory/memory_test.go
index 474dae6e..868842a1 100644
--- a/arrow/memory/memory_test.go
+++ b/arrow/memory/memory_test.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func TestSetNoClobberFramePointer(t *testing.T) {
 	var b [8]byte
 	memory.Set(b[:], 0xff)
 	// We should be able to safely frame pointer unwind after calling this
-	// function
+	// function. The arm64 assembly implementation used to clobber the
+	// frame pointer. See #150
 	tools.FPUnwind()
 }