diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
index 32f3ee0fde..c084a6783f 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                     //
                     // Let's think about the following operation sequence:
                     //
-                    // schedule deletion of layer A at generation 5
+                    // schedule deletion of layer A at generation 5, this can be for example a future layer
                     // schedule a barrier
                     // schedule a compaction that creates layer A at generation 5
                     // the actual deletion happens here