diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
index d1677f5..01328ed 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
@@ -1772,12 +1772,6 @@ drop_publication(PGconn *conn, const char *pubname, const char *dbname,
  * after promotion. If --clean=publications is specified, drop all existing
  * publications in the subscriber database. Otherwise, only drop publications
  * that were created by pg_createsubscriber during this operation.
- *
- * In dry-run mode, create_publication() and drop_publication() only log actions
- * without modifying the database. Importantly, since no publication is actually
- * created in dry-run, the query for existing publications won't include the
- * "would-be" made publication. Thus, we must call drop_publication() for it
- * regardless of drop_all_pubs to ensure the user sees the intended log message.
  */
 static void
 check_and_drop_publications(PGconn *conn, struct LogicalRepInfo *dbinfo)
@@ -1811,10 +1805,14 @@ check_and_drop_publications(PGconn *conn, struct LogicalRepInfo *dbinfo)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Handle the publication created (or would-be created) by
-	 * pg_createsubscriber. In dry-run mode, enter this block regardless of
-	 * drop_all_pubs to log the drop action for the made publication (which
-	 * isn't actually present).
+	 * Handle publication created by pg_createsubscriber.
+	 *
+	 * In dry-run mode, create_publication() and drop_publication() only log
+	 * actions without modifying the database. Importantly, since no
+	 * publication is actually created in dry-run, the above query
+	 * for existing publications won't find the "would-be" made publication.
+	 * Thus, we must call drop_publication() regardless of drop_all_pubs
+	 * to ensure the user sees the intended log message.
 	 */
 	if (!drop_all_pubs || dry_run)
 	{