diff --git a/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc b/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
index 7f9bfdc..ec02d7e 100644
--- a/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
+++ b/absl/hash/internal/low_level_hash.cc
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
   if (len > 64) {
     // If we have more than 64 bytes, we're going to handle chunks of 64
-    // bytes at a time. We're going to build up two separate hash states
-    // which we will then hash together.
+    // bytes at a time. We're going to build up four separate hash states
+    // which we will then hash together. This avoids short dependency chains.
     uint64_t duplicated_state0 = current_state;
     uint64_t duplicated_state1 = current_state;
     uint64_t duplicated_state2 = current_state;