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diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c
index f0dc06e..4856ca0 100644
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/merge-base.c
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
* commit B.
*
*
- * Another pathological example how this thing can fail to mark an ancestor
- * of a merge base as UNINTERESTING without the postprocessing phase.
+ * Another pathological example how this thing used to fail to mark an
+ * ancestor of a merge base as UNINTERESTING before we introduced the
+ * postprocessing phase (mark_reachable_commits).
*
* 2
* H
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
* D7 2 3 7 7 3 2 1 2
* E7 2 3 7 7 7 2 1 2
*
- * and we end up showing E as an interesting merge base.
+ * and we ended up showing E as an interesting merge base.
+ * The postprocessing phase re-injects C and continues traversal
+ * to contaminate D and E.
*/
static int show_all = 0;