diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/FollowCircle.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/FollowCircle.cs
index ca903b678d..ec9d188c6b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/FollowCircle.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/FollowCircle.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
 
         private void updateStateTransforms(DrawableHitObject drawableObject, ArmedState state)
         {
+            // We only want DrawableSlider here. DrawableSliderTail doesn't quite work because its
+            // HitStateUpdateTime is ~36ms before DrawableSlider's HitStateUpdateTime (aka slider
+            // end leniency).
             if (drawableObject is not DrawableSlider)
                 return;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/TickFollowCircle.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/TickFollowCircle.cs
index 39d62064ab..3aeb0c7c0a 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/TickFollowCircle.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/TickFollowCircle.cs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Sealed empty. Override <see cref="OnSliderBreak" /> instead, since animations
-        /// should only play on slider ticks.
+        /// Sealed empty intentionally. Override <see cref="OnSliderBreak" /> instead, since
+        /// animations should only play on slider ticks.
         /// </summary>
         protected sealed override void OnSliderRelease()
         {