diff --git a/src/components/button/button_group/_button_group.scss b/src/components/button/button_group/_button_group.scss
index 90ecc4d87f70..a19d9698ef39 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_group/_button_group.scss
+++ b/src/components/button/button_group/_button_group.scss
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
     min-width: 0;
     border: none;
     border-radius: $euiBorderRadius;
-    // Offset the background color from the border by 1px
+    // Offset the background color from the border by 2px
+    // by clipping background to before the padding starts
     padding: 2px;
     background-clip: content-box;