diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c
index 60692253747..80f93a71b64 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/multixact.c
@@ -1602,7 +1602,10 @@ GetMultiXactIdMembers(MultiXactId multi, MultiXactMember **members,
 
 		if (!TransactionIdIsValid(*xactptr))
 		{
-			/* Corner case 2: we must be looking at unused slot zero */
+			/*
+			 * Corner case 2: offset must have wrapped around to unused slot
+			 * zero.
+			 */
 			Assert(offset == 0);
 			continue;
 		}