diff --git a/tikv-client/src/main/java/com/pingcap/tikv/predicates/TiKVScanAnalyzer.java b/tikv-client/src/main/java/com/pingcap/tikv/predicates/TiKVScanAnalyzer.java
index 0fecec110d..9155a75d0b 100644
--- a/tikv-client/src/main/java/com/pingcap/tikv/predicates/TiKVScanAnalyzer.java
+++ b/tikv-client/src/main/java/com/pingcap/tikv/predicates/TiKVScanAnalyzer.java
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public TiKVScanPlan build() {
 
       // TODO: Fine-grained statistics usage
       Builder calculateCostAndEstimateCount(long tableColSize) {
-        cost = 100.0;
         cost *= tableColSize * TABLE_SCAN_COST_FACTOR;
         return this;
       }
@@ -277,6 +276,8 @@ TiKVScanPlan buildIndexScan(
     TiKVScanPlan.Builder planBuilder = TiKVScanPlan.Builder.newBuilder();
     ScanSpec result = extractConditions(conditions, table, index);
 
+    // this is calcuated for downgrade if there is no statstics info we can
+    // retrieve from TiKV.
     double cost = SelectivityCalculator.calcPseudoSelectivity(result);
     planBuilder.setCost(cost);