diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
index 5142032c28..54e85d0b90 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ struct LayerInner {
 
     /// Allow subscribing to when the layer actually gets evicted.
     status: tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<Status>,
+
+    /// Counter for exponential backoff with the download
     consecutive_failures: AtomicUsize,
 }