diff --git a/pageserver/src/config.rs b/pageserver/src/config.rs
index 599fd32ce0..86c3621cf0 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/config.rs
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ pub struct PageServerConf {
     /// Optionally disable disk syncs (unsafe!)
     pub no_sync: bool,
 
-    /// Maximum amount of time for which a get page request request
-    /// might be held up for request merging.
     pub page_service_pipelining: Option<pageserver_api::config::PageServicePipeliningConfig>,
 }
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index 795b4bcb68..d40d0a2cab 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                 rel,
                 blkno,
             }) => {
-                // shard_id is filled in by the handler
                 let span = tracing::info_span!(parent: parent_span, "handle_get_page_at_lsn_request_batched", req_lsn = %request_lsn);
 
                 macro_rules! respond_error {