diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py
index 08868a111b..78865da511 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/targetuserspacecreator/libraries/userspacegen.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def _copy_certificates(context, target_userspace):
     # Copy source /etc/pki to the container
     _copy_decouple('/etc/pki', target_pki)
 
-    # Assertion: no broken symlinks exist in /etc/pki in the container
+    # Assertion: after running _copy_decouple(), no broken symlinks exist in /etc/pki in the container
     # So any broken symlinks created will be by the installed packages.
 
     # Recover installed packages as they always get precedence