diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/SearchValues/ProbabilisticMapState.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/SearchValues/ProbabilisticMapState.cs
index 601ca6a9f8a76d..c1631feabf807f 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/SearchValues/ProbabilisticMapState.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/SearchValues/ProbabilisticMapState.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public ProbabilisticMapState(ReadOnlySpan<char> values, int maxInclusive)
             _hashEntries = new char[modulus];
 
             // Some hash entries will remain unused.
-            // We can't leave them uninitialized as that would lead to false positives for values divisible by modulus.
+            // We can't leave them uninitialized as we would otherwise erroneously match (char)0.
+            // The exact value doesn't matter, as long as it's in the set of our values.
             _hashEntries.AsSpan().Fill(values[0]);
 
             foreach (char c in values)