diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index 57de3e59ebd..8718b3962fb 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ async def _compute_state_delta_for_incremental_sync(
                     # But we're lazy-loading, so the client might need some more
                     # member events to understand the events in this timeline.
                     # So we fish out all the member events corresponding to the
-                    # timeline here, and then dedupe any redundant ones below.
+                    # timeline here. The caller will then dedupe any redundant ones.
 
                     state_ids = await self._state_storage_controller.get_state_ids_for_event(
                         batch.events[0].event_id,