diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
index a55fa0ce660..75bcdfa552e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
@@ -952,6 +952,9 @@ public class InternalEngine extends Engine {
         public IndexSearcher newSearcher(IndexReader reader, IndexReader previousReader) throws IOException {
             IndexSearcher searcher = super.newSearcher(reader, previousReader);
             if (reader instanceof LeafReader && isMergedSegment((LeafReader)reader)) {
+                // we call newSearcher from the IndexReaderWarmer which warms segments during merging
+                // in that case the reader is a LeafReader and all we need to do is to build a new Searcher
+                // and return it since it does it's own warming for that particular reader.
                 return searcher;
             }
             if (warmer != null) {