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diff --git a/fetch-pack.h b/fetch-pack.h
index 85d1e39fe7..736a3dae46 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.h
+++ b/fetch-pack.h
@@ -40,21 +40,15 @@ struct fetch_pack_args {
unsigned cloning:1;
unsigned update_shallow:1;
unsigned deepen:1;
- unsigned from_promisor:1;
/*
- * Attempt to fetch only the wanted objects, and not any objects
- * referred to by them. Due to protocol limitations, extraneous
- * objects may still be included. (When fetching non-blob
- * objects, only blobs are excluded; when fetching a blob, the
- * blob itself will still be sent. The client does not need to
- * know whether a wanted object is a blob or not.)
- *
- * If 1, fetch_pack() will also not modify any object flags.
- * This allows fetch_pack() to safely be called by any function,
- * regardless of which object flags it uses (if any).
+ * Indicate that the remote of this request is a promisor remote. The
+ * pack received does not need all referred-to objects to be present in
+ * the local object store, and fetch-pack will store the pack received
+ * together with a ".promisor" file indicating that the aforementioned
+ * pack is a promisor pack.
*/
- unsigned no_dependents:1;
+ unsigned from_promisor:1;
/*
* Because fetch_pack() overwrites the shallow file upon a