diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
index 801cfc313101..3f028da98a66 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ private static int getSchemaDelay()
 
     private final SamplingManager samplingManager = new SamplingManager();
 
+    // Newer versions of mockito contain mockito-inline which creates an issue in our test environment. Without this
+    // change, mocking of static methods is a problem with our DTest framework
     @VisibleForTesting // this is used for dtests only, see CASSANDRA-18152
     public volatile boolean skipNotificationListeners = false;