diff --git a/sbin/hastd/hooks.c b/sbin/hastd/hooks.c
index e54d545c1ab0..7bc9913c463a 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/hooks.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/hooks.c
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ hook_execv(const char *path, va_list ap)
 		PJDLOG_VERIFY(sigemptyset(&mask) == 0);
 		PJDLOG_VERIFY(sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, NULL) == 0);
 		/*
-		 * Dummy handler set for SIGCHLD in the parent should be
-		 * changed after fork(2) automatically to the default SIG_IGN,
-		 * so there is no need to do anything with it.
+		 * Dummy handler set for SIGCHLD in the parent will be restored
+		 * to SIG_IGN on execv(3) below, so there is no need to do
+		 * anything with it.
 		 */
 		execv(path, args);
 		pjdlog_errno(LOG_ERR, "Unable to execute %s", path);