diff --git a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
index 323bb337..23c27bc0 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCVariableDecl;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.List;
 
 @ProviderFor(JavacASTVisitor.class)
-@HandlerPriority(HANDLE_DELEGATE_PRIORITY + 100) // 2^16; resolution needs to work, so if the RHS expression is i.e. a call to a generated getter, we have to run after that getter has been generated.
+@HandlerPriority(HANDLE_DELEGATE_PRIORITY + 100) // run slightly after HandleDelegate; resolution needs to work, so if the RHS expression is i.e. a call to a generated getter, we have to run after that getter has been generated.
 @ResolutionResetNeeded
 public class HandleVal extends JavacASTAdapter {