diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
index 10b68a8b28db00..8453c7d88c6473 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/handle_process_exit.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
+// Handle a Promise from running code that potentially does Top-Level Await.
+// In that case, it makes sense to set the exit code to a specific non-zero
+// value if the main code never finishes running.
+// The original purpose was https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34640
 function handleProcessExit() {
   process.exitCode ??= 13;
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
index 6cc1e0e74bc2dd..924c4836bb2aa2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ function runMainESM(mainPath) {
 }
 
 async function handleMainPromise(promise) {
-  // Handle a Promise from running code that potentially does Top-Level Await.
-  // In that case, it makes sense to set the exit code to a specific non-zero
-  // value if the main code never finishes running.
   process.on('exit', handleProcessExit);
   try {
     return await promise;