diff --git a/src/internal/validator.zig b/src/internal/validator.zig
index 348ba8f..e8490ca 100644
--- a/src/internal/validator.zig
+++ b/src/internal/validator.zig
@@ -865,10 +865,10 @@ pub const Validator = struct {
         const idx = self.acquireHostResolver();
         defer self.releaseHostResolver(idx);
 
-        // pool wait and network time are separate metrics: during the
-        // 2026-08-13 stall the combined timer read ~118s/check when the
-        // network itself was ~4s — queueing behind the 4-slot pool was the
-        // rest, and the conflation misdirected the diagnosis.
+        // pool wait and network time are separate metrics: the combined
+        // timer misdirected the 2026-08-13 stall diagnosis, because a
+        // reading in seconds cannot say whether the network or the 4-slot
+        // pool queue is the bottleneck.
         const network_t0 = microTimestamp(self.io);
         _ = self.stats.host_authority_pool_wait_us.fetchAdd(@intCast(@max(0, network_t0 - wait_t0)), .monotonic);
         defer {