diff --git a/.changelog/18140.txt b/.changelog/18140.txt
index e02ab33bceb2..fabd9fc2916b 100644
--- a/.changelog/18140.txt
+++ b/.changelog/18140.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ```release-note:improvement
-cloud: Removes requirement for HCP to provide a management token
+hcp: Removes requirement for HCP to provide a management token
 ```
diff --git a/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index 320b36107313..191859ea002b 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ func persistAndProcessConfig(dataDir string, devMode bool, bsCfg *hcpclient.Boot
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to persist bootstrap config: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		// HCP only returns the management token if it requires Consul to
+		// initialize it
 		if bsCfg.ManagementToken != "" {
 			if err := validateManagementToken(bsCfg.ManagementToken); err != nil {
 				return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid management token: %w", err)