diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
index ea37b0bbe8..c07d25903c 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
@@ -3204,16 +3204,17 @@ ReorderBufferAddNewTupleCids(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
 }
 
 /*
- * Setup the invalidation of the toplevel transaction.
+ * Accumulate the invalidations for executing them later.
  *
  * This needs to be called for each XLOG_XACT_INVALIDATIONS message and
- * accumulates all the invalidation messages in the toplevel transaction as
- * well as in the form of change in reorder buffer.  We require to record it in
- * form of the change so that we can execute only the required invalidations
- * instead of executing all the invalidations on each CommandId increment.  We
- * also need to accumulate these in the toplevel transaction because in some
- * cases we skip processing the transaction (see ReorderBufferForget), we need
- * to execute all the invalidations together.
+ * accumulates all the invalidation messages in the toplevel transaction, if
+ * available, otherwise in the current transaction, as well as in the form of
+ * change in reorder buffer.  We require to record it in form of the change
+ * so that we can execute only the required invalidations instead of executing
+ * all the invalidations on each CommandId increment.  We also need to
+ * accumulate these in the txn buffer because in some cases where we skip
+ * processing the transaction (see ReorderBufferForget), we need to execute
+ * all the invalidations together.
  */
 void
 ReorderBufferAddInvalidations(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
@@ -3229,8 +3230,9 @@ ReorderBufferAddInvalidations(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
 	oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(rb->context);
 
 	/*
-	 * Collect all the invalidations under the top transaction so that we can
-	 * execute them all together.  See comment atop this function
+	 * Collect all the invalidations under the top transaction, if available,
+	 * so that we can execute them all together.  See comments atop this
+	 * function.
 	 */
 	if (txn->toptxn)
 		txn = txn->toptxn;