diff --git a/changelog.d/changed-14463.md b/changelog.d/changed-14463.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40ba8ff589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/changed-14463.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- chore(fleetreport): IsBenignMessage comment stops enumerating a stale list (#14463)
diff --git a/src/pkg/fleetreport/fleetreport.go b/src/pkg/fleetreport/fleetreport.go
index 092494ca0a..fa272f9c48 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fleetreport/fleetreport.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fleetreport/fleetreport.go
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ var benignSubstrings = []string{
 // IsBenignMessage reports whether a raw log message is noise the generic
 // repeated-error feed must not report: the read/keepalive i/o timeout rule
 // above applied to the whole line, every benignSubstrings entry, and the
-// review planner's pending-expiry retry notification.
+// exact-message exclusions matched in the function body below.
 func IsBenignMessage(msg string) bool {
 	m := strings.ToLower(msg)
 	// A CI gate refusal is the merge safety policy working as designed, even