diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandler.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
index 1b955f0e00e..9504d4c7d91 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/pipelining/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class HttpPipeliningHandler extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
     private int readSequence;
     private int writeSequence;
 
+    // we use a priority queue so that responses are ordered by their sequence number
     private final PriorityQueue<HttpPipelinedResponse> holdingQueue;
 
     /**
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ public class HttpPipeliningHandler extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
      */
     public HttpPipeliningHandler(final int maxEventsHeld) {
         this.maxEventsHeld = maxEventsHeld;
-        // we use a priority queue so that responses are ordered by their sequence number
         this.holdingQueue = new PriorityQueue<>(INITIAL_EVENTS_HELD);
     }