diff --git a/src/commands.zig b/src/commands.zig
index 0828e8d..4b5d26f 100644
--- a/src/commands.zig
+++ b/src/commands.zig
@@ -5919,9 +5919,10 @@ test "arrayFilters reach the update, and are refused before the scan" {
     try testing.expectEqual(@as(i32, 9), values[1].int32);
 
     // A filter no path uses is refused even when the query matches nothing at
-    // all, which is what makes the check belong before the scan rather than
-    // inside the per-document loop. Mutation check: move `update.validate`
-    // below `scan_matching` and this answers ok.
+    // all, which is what makes the check belong beside the scan rather than
+    // inside `apply`. Mutation check: delete the standalone `update.validate`
+    // call and this answers ok -- `apply` runs once per matched document, and
+    // there are none.
     const unused = [_]bson.Value{.{ .doc = &.{
         .{ .key = "q", .value = .{ .doc = &.{.{ .key = "nomatch", .value = .{ .int32 = 1 } }} } },
         .{ .key = "u", .value = .{ .doc = &.{