diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Shared.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Shared.hs
index 982dc05b14..af868a2b77 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Shared.hs
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ type ConnectionRow = (Int64, ConnId, Int, Maybe Int64, Maybe Int64, BoolInt, May
 
 type MaybeConnectionRow = (Maybe Int64, Maybe ConnId, Maybe Int, Maybe Int64, Maybe Int64, Maybe BoolInt, Maybe GroupLinkId, Maybe XContactId) :. (Maybe Int64, Maybe ConnStatus, Maybe ConnType, Maybe BoolInt, Maybe LocalAlias) :. EntityIdsRow :. (Maybe UTCTime, Maybe Text, Maybe UTCTime, Maybe PQSupport, Maybe PQEncryption, Maybe PQEncryption, Maybe PQEncryption, Maybe Int, Maybe Int, Maybe VersionChat, Maybe VersionChat, Maybe VersionChat) :. Only (Maybe Text)
 
--- Maybe Text column holds the surface form (e.g. "@alice.simplex"); reads
--- that fail to parse degrade to Nothing rather than failing the whole row.
+-- Maybe Text column holds the canonical strEncode form
+-- (e.g. "simplex:/name@alice.simplex"); reads that fail to parse degrade
+-- to Nothing rather than failing the whole row.
 decodeSimplexName :: Maybe Text -> Maybe SimplexNameInfo
 decodeSimplexName = (>>= eitherToMaybe . strDecode . encodeUtf8)