diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index e52e805708..67dcd1e126 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -785,11 +785,9 @@ static XLogSegNo openLogSegNo = 0;
 
 /*
  * These variables are used similarly to the ones above, but for reading
- * the XLOG.  Note, however, that readOff generally represents the offset
- * of the page just read, not the seek position of the FD itself, which
- * will be just past that page. readLen indicates how much of the current
- * page has been read into readBuf, and readSource indicates where we got
- * the currently open file from.
+ * the XLOG.  readOff is the offset of the page just read, readLen
+ * indicates how much of it has been read into readBuf, and readSource
+ * indicates where we got the currently open file from.
  */
 static int	readFile = -1;
 static XLogSegNo readSegNo = 0;