diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/shim.rs b/src/librustc_mir/shim.rs
index c4d66ee7dbd77..f532a18072fbd 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/shim.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/shim.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ fn make_shim<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, instance: ty::InstanceDef<'tcx>) -> &'tcx
         // We are generating a call back to our def-id, which the
         // codegen backend knows to turn to an actual virtual call.
         ty::InstanceDef::Virtual(def_id, _) |
-        // ...or we are generating a direct call to our #[track_caller] function which
-        // requires an implicit caller location that the virtual call won't pass
+        // ...or we are generating a direct call to a function for which indirect calls must be
+        // codegen'd differently than direct ones (example: #[track_caller])
         ty::InstanceDef::ReifyShim(def_id) => {
             build_call_shim(
                 tcx,