diff --git a/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java b/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
index 5e893b109b..7a464bfaed 100644
--- a/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
+++ b/db-tests/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/database/ExternalEventTests.java
@@ -1065,8 +1065,8 @@ void rule1_bookended() throws SQLException {
 
       ////////////////////////// RULE 2 //////////////////////////
       /**
-       * This test examines that supercession doesn't occur if the start time of an event in a less valid (earlier
-       *    valid_at) source is less than the start time of a newer source. This is explicitly what rule 2 states.
+       * An event that starts before another event that partially overlaps it is not superseded by the overlapping
+       *    event.
        *
        *    A:  +++aaaaa
        *    B:      b+bb++++