diff --git a/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs b/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
index 50e48593d6..7c907e7c6c 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ where
     async fn send_tarball(mut self) -> Result<(), BasebackupError> {
         // TODO include checksum
 
-        // On normal Postgres shutdown, shutdown checkpoint should be performed and correspondent
-        // WAL record should be the last record in the WAL.
+        // Detect if we are creating the basebackup exactly at a shutdown checkpoint.
         let normal_shutdown = if let Ok(checkpoint_bytes) =
             self.timeline.get_checkpoint(self.lsn, self.ctx).await
         {