diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
index 479510152c9522..9c49d52b5d37d7 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ class Http2ServerRequest extends Readable {
       closed: false,
       didRead: false,
     };
+    // Headers in HTTP/1 are not initialized using Object.create(null) which,
+    // although preferable, would simply break too much code. Ergo header
+    // initialization using Object.create(null) in HTTP/2 is intentional.
     this[kHeaders] = headers;
     this[kRawHeaders] = rawHeaders;
     this[kTrailers] = {};