diff --git a/packages/animations/browser/src/render/shared.ts b/packages/animations/browser/src/render/shared.ts
index ce9a2998d7991..e2040f9aa15d2 100644
--- a/packages/animations/browser/src/render/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/animations/browser/src/render/shared.ts
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ if (_isNode || typeof Element !== 'undefined') {
       // DO NOT REFACTOR TO USE SPREAD SYNTAX.
       // For element queries that return sufficiently large NodeList objects,
       // using spread syntax to populate the results array causes a RangeError
-      // due to the call stack limit being reached.
-      // See following issue: #38551
+      // due to the call stack limit being reached. `Array.from` can not be used
+      // as well, since NodeList is not iterable in IE 11, see
+      // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeList
+      // More info is available in #38551.
       const elems = element.querySelectorAll(selector);
       for (let i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
         results.push(elems[i]);