diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/mobile-web-bundle-operations.ts b/mobile/src/transport/mobile-web-bundle-operations.ts
index b44b09ef05c..e11f6447214 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/mobile-web-bundle-operations.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/mobile-web-bundle-operations.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import { rpcResultVariant } from './rpc-operation-result-reader'
 // The reads that hand a paired phone the desktop's mobile web bundle. All are
 // `require-result-or-throw`: there is no partial success here, and a salvage policy would produce a
 // half-bundle that fails a hash check much later, far from the cause. All settle at `on-settle`,
-// because each reply is acted on before the next request is built — the manifest decides which
-// windows to read, and a chunk or range reply decides whether its asset is whole.
+// because each reply is interpreted as soon as it lands and waits on no sibling: the manifest before
+// any window is planned, and each chunk or range while the other reads are still in flight.
 
 /** The whole manifest plus the chunk size the host will serve it at. */
 export const mobileWebBundleManifestRead = defineRpcOperation({