diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 051543a1a30c2..8b600cf14c40d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -4660,7 +4660,7 @@ public void syncSegmentsFromRemoteSegmentStore(boolean overrideLocal, boolean re
                     long processedLocalCheckpoint = Long.parseLong(infosSnapshot.getUserData().get(LOCAL_CHECKPOINT_KEY));
                     store.commitSegmentInfos(infosSnapshot, processedLocalCheckpoint, processedLocalCheckpoint);
                     Collection<String> currentInfoFiles = infosSnapshot.files(true);
-                    // For recovering shards, clean up un-usable incremental refresh files.
+                    // For recovering shards, clean up un-usable incremental refresh files and commit points.
                     if (state() != IndexShardState.STARTED) {
                         for (String localFile : storeDirectory.listAll()) {
                             if (Store.isAutogenerated(localFile) == false && currentInfoFiles.contains(localFile) == false) {