diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/scheduler/adaptive/AdaptiveScheduler.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/scheduler/adaptive/AdaptiveScheduler.java
index 7b95ee40160c60..902bfbe8b7a4ef 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/scheduler/adaptive/AdaptiveScheduler.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/scheduler/adaptive/AdaptiveScheduler.java
@@ -1528,9 +1528,12 @@ private void checkIdleSlotTimeout() {
                         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wrapper class implementing {@link CheckpointStatsListener} in a way that checkpoint-related
+     * events are actually executed in the {@code AdaptiveScheduler}'s main thread.
+     */
     private CheckpointStatsListener createCheckpointStatsListener() {
-        // wrapper implementation ensuring that the checkpoint-related events are handled in the
-        // scheduler's main thread
+
         return new CheckpointStatsListener() {
 
             @Override