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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index f4247ea70d5..893be2f3ddb 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -722,6 +722,10 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, const char *username,
* is critical for anything that reads heap pages, because HOT may decide
* to prune them even if the process doesn't attempt to modify any
* tuples.)
+ *
+ * FIXME: This comment is inaccurate / the code buggy. A snapshot that is
+ * not pushed/active does not reliably prevent HOT pruning (->xmin could
+ * e.g. be cleared when cache invalidations are processed).
*/
if (!bootstrap)
{