Wolfgang Quapp Comment on: ''Analyses of bifurcation of reaction pathways on a global reaction route map: A case study of gold cluster {Au$_5$}'' [J.Chem.Phys.143, 014301 (2015)] quapp@uni-leipzig.de Mathematisches Institut, Universit"at Leipzig, PF 100920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany abstract: We demonstrate by an example that the search for valley-ridge transition (VRT) points used in the commented paper does not always indicate a bifurcation of a reaction path. This was claimed. submitted to J. Chem. Phys.