diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
index 67dd245ae6e3bd..fb7317714fbdd4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
@@ -1237,7 +1237,8 @@ struct ProcessConfigsResult {
     /// if `ancestor_chained` is true
     nodes: Vec<NodeId>,
     /// True if and only if all nodes are "densely chained", meaning that all nested items
-    /// are linearly chained in the order they are defined
+    /// are linearly chained (as if `after` system ordering had been applied between each item)
+    /// in the order they are defined
     densely_chained: bool,
 }