diff --git a/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig b/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
index c00dbe4..6fe5851 100644
--- a/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
+++ b/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
@@ -226,9 +226,12 @@ fn bringUpVolume() void {
 }
 
 /// The storage provider left the device tree (a pulled stick): kill the
-/// filesystem so its mounts are retired (the kernel sweeps a dead backend's
-/// mounts), drop the now-dead channel, and clear the volume. The next poll that
-/// sees storage return will re-mount.
+/// filesystem so its mounts are retired. Retirement is lazy, not an eager
+/// death-time sweep — killing the process marks the filesystem's backend
+/// endpoint dead, and the VFS router drops each mount that endpoint backed on
+/// the next path resolution under it (that resolve frees the slot and returns
+/// not_found). Then drop the now-dead channel and clear the volume; the next
+/// poll that sees storage return re-mounts.
 fn removeVolume() void {
     const v = volume orelse return;
     std.log.info("storage for volume {d} removed; unmounting", .{v.id});