diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterTests.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterTests.cs
index 69496630ce..84e84f030c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterTests.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterTests.cs
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
 
                 await createScoreForBeatmap(realm.Realm, imported.Beatmaps.First());
 
-                //editor work imitation
+                // imitate making local changes via editor
                 realm.Run(r =>
                 {
                     r.Write(() =>
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
                     });
                 });
 
+                // for now, making changes to a beatmap doesn't remove the backlink from the score to the beatmap.
+                // the logic of ensuring that scores match the beatmap is upheld via comparing the hash in usages (see: https://github.com/ppy/osu/pull/22539).
+                // TODO: revisit when fixing https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/24069.
                 Assert.That(imported.Beatmaps.First().Scores.Any());
 
                 var importedSecondTime = await importer.Import(new ImportTask(temp));
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterUpdateTests.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterUpdateTests.cs
index 20fe0bfca6..8f48a96ac9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterUpdateTests.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BeatmapImporterUpdateTests.cs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
 
                 string scoreTargetBeatmapHash = string.Empty;
 
-                //Set score
+                // set a score on the beatmap
                 importBeforeUpdate.PerformWrite(s =>
                 {
                     var beatmapInfo = s.Beatmaps.First();
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
                     s.Realm.Add(new ScoreInfo(beatmapInfo, s.Realm.All<RulesetInfo>().First(), new RealmUser()));
                 });
 
-                //Modify beatmap
+                // locally modify beatmap
                 const string new_beatmap_hash = "new_hash";
                 importBeforeUpdate.PerformWrite(s =>
                 {
@@ -387,10 +387,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
 
                 realm.Run(r => r.Refresh());
 
+                // for now, making changes to a beatmap doesn't remove the backlink from the score to the beatmap.
+                // the logic of ensuring that scores match the beatmap is upheld via comparing the hash in usages (https://github.com/ppy/osu/pull/22539).
+                // TODO: revisit when fixing https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/24069.
                 checkCount<ScoreInfo>(realm, 1);
 
-                //second import matches first before modification,
-                //in other words beatmap version where score have been set
+                // reimport the original beatmap before local modifications
                 var importAfterUpdate = await importer.ImportAsUpdate(new ProgressNotification(), new ImportTask(pathOnlineCopy), importBeforeUpdate.Value);
 
                 Assert.That(importAfterUpdate, Is.Not.Null);
@@ -398,15 +400,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
 
                 realm.Run(r => r.Refresh());
 
-                //account modified beatmap
+                // both original and locally modified versions present
                 checkCount<BeatmapInfo>(realm, count_beatmaps + 1);
                 checkCount<BeatmapMetadata>(realm, count_beatmaps + 1);
                 checkCount<BeatmapSetInfo>(realm, 2);
 
-                // score is transferred across to the new set
+                // score is preserved
                 checkCount<ScoreInfo>(realm, 1);
 
-                //score is transferred to new beatmap
+                // score is transferred to new beatmap
                 Assert.That(importBeforeUpdate.Value.Beatmaps.First(b => b.Hash == new_beatmap_hash).Scores, Has.Count.EqualTo(0));
                 Assert.That(importAfterUpdate.Value.Beatmaps.First(b => b.Hash == scoreTargetBeatmapHash).Scores, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
             });
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
index da987eb752..fd766490fc 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         {
             base.PostImport(model, realm, parameters);
 
-            // Scores are stored separately from beatmaps, and persisted when a beatmap is modified or deleted.
+            // Scores are stored separately from beatmaps, and persist even when a beatmap is modified or deleted.
             // Let's reattach any matching scores that exist in the database, based on hash.
             foreach (BeatmapInfo beatmap in model.Beatmaps)
             {