Add comment to existing SSH public key

Solution 1:

Just add a space after the key and put in the comment, e.g.:

ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAN+NX/rmUkRW7Xn7faglC/pxqbVIohbcVOt41VThMYORtMQr
QSqMZugxew2s9iX4qRowHWLBRci6404nSydLiDe1q6/NmpK+oQ8zD1yXekl+fruBAYeno7f6dM7c
2swwwXY6knp4umXkLItxIUki6SXM0WfabJ8BwuNDyA8IrbFAAAAFQCynEN3MYXbs4AA7E/1I03jb
B1rewAAAIAztzZUygrUI8XX6eE4zEHdTbv89AHYsAsf7fSAWnPxWc63dV0P5lCPNk58nze6+N+MD
X7ZQADT6710fvbOmEFLciTwBGHHLxIV+1iTApJSsQp9T+pdkbFzBZ+mqQamZpSN1hC8fXe/Uty0D
SbhnQ1qanwrOdKP1JV7DUgzehSfAAAAIEAwAyNYxUsGil46gZQea6sfhUnrBwyM6JnEbA6ogfGdS
T2TDn1U5rfTV9UuNHzfoZ4CplVHclXyUPPhbKqcedpuRPJhHN/lp5MH7Q2tI/UxHvmePNHrXKk86
XYt7RzKHjWbHRxf84GIyTlKa8yfNfFlf9oNXdtBXcsJjHIvNsBk= ThisIsAComment

The man page for sshd has a section on the authorized_keys format, where it states that the comment extends to the end of the line. While I haven't tried it, you should be able to put spaces into the comment.

Solution 2:

Just start the line with a # sign, then the whole line will be treated as a comment
See the man page of authorized_keys