diff --git a/tests/unit/libexpr/value/print.cc b/tests/unit/libexpr/value/print.cc
index 3129dff949f..f7b9b924d7b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/libexpr/value/print.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/libexpr/value/print.cc
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ TEST_F(StringPrintingTests, maxLengthTruncation)
 }
 
 // Check that printing an attrset shows 'important' attributes like `type`
-// first.
+// first, but only reorder the attrs when we have a maxAttrs budget.
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, attrsTypeFirst)
 {
     Value vType;