diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeAppend.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeAppend.c
index 06f46fe6501..ed66855e2dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeAppend.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeAppend.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ ExecAppendAsyncReset(AppendState *node)
 
 		CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
-		/* Wait or poll for async events. */
+		/* Wait for async events. */
 		ExecAppendAsyncEventWait(node);
 	}