diff --git a/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/services/Services.java b/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/services/Services.java
index d4c657f9cd35e..72c07b3ac989a 100644
--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/services/Services.java
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/services/Services.java
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ static void checkJVMCIEnabled() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets an unmodifiable copy of the system properties parsed by {@code arguments.cpp}
-     * plus {@code java.specification.version}, {@code os.name} and {@code os.arch}.
-     * The latter two are forced to be the real OS and architecture. That is, values
-     * for these two properties set on the command line are ignored.
+     * Gets an unmodifiable copy of the system properties as of VM startup.
+     *
+     * If running on Hotspot, this will be the system properties parsed by {@code arguments.cpp}
+     * plus {@code java.specification.version}, {@code os.name} and {@code os.arch}. The latter two
+     * are forced to be the real OS and architecture. That is, values for these two properties set
+     * on the command line are ignored.
      */
     public static Map<String, String> getSavedProperties() {
         checkJVMCIEnabled();