diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
index 53429c84d8..231d9255eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioWorker.java
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ class NioWorker implements Runnable {
                 buffer.writeBytes(directBuffer);
                 directBufferPool.release(directBuffer);
             } else {
+                // no need to copy: directBuffer is just a view to buffer.
                 buffer.writerIndex(buffer.writerIndex() + readBytes);
             }
         }