diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 99bbffe8ea6a4..0a6976cc002cc 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,12 @@ static void bump_file_max_and_nr_open(void) {
 #if BUMP_PROC_SYS_FS_NR_OPEN
         unsigned v = INT_MAX;
 
-        // cf. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/file.c?h=v6.8#n27
+        /* cf. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/file.c?h=v6.8#n27
+	 * for the progeny of the below value for `sysctl_nr_open_max`. Note
+	 * that the below logic was first introduced in `git` commit
+	 * eceea0b3df05ed262ae32e0c6340cc7a3626632d of the `linux` kernel and
+	 * was designed to prevent overflows when determining the maximum
+	 * number of possible file descriptors. */
 	#define BITS_PER_LONG __WORDSIZE
         #define __const_min(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
         unsigned sysctl_nr_open_max =