diff --git a/src/accountsdb/db.zig b/src/accountsdb/db.zig
index 9f41e725d..6f4ec28be 100644
--- a/src/accountsdb/db.zig
+++ b/src/accountsdb/db.zig
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ pub const AccountsDB = struct {
     /// Used to potentially skip the first `computeAccountHashesAndLamports`.
     first_snapshot_load_info: RwMux(?SnapshotGenerationInfo),
     /// Represents the largest slot info used to generate a full snapshot, and optionally an incremental snapshot relative to it, which currently exists.
+    /// It also protects access to the snapshot archive files it refers to - as in, the caller who has a lock on this has a lock on the snapshot archives.
     latest_snapshot_gen_info: RwMux(?SnapshotGenerationInfo),
 
     // TODO: populate this during snapshot load