diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index b4cd6a683..faef5ba26 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ _bdev_io_unset_bounce_buf(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
 				  bdev_io->internal.bounce_iov.iov_base,
 				  bdev_io->internal.bounce_iov.iov_len);
 	}
-	/* set orignal buffer for this io */
+	/* set original buffer for this io */
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt = bdev_io->internal.orig_iovcnt;
 	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs = bdev_io->internal.orig_iovs;
 	/* disable bouncing buffer for this io */
@@ -703,6 +703,9 @@ _bdev_io_unset_bounce_buf(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
 		bdev_io->internal.orig_md_buf = NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* We want to free the bounce buffer here since we know we're done with it (as opposed
+	 * to waiting for the conditional free of internal.buf in spdk_bdev_free_io()).
+	 */
 	bdev_io_put_buf(bdev_io);
 }