diff --git a/pylint/config/config_initialization.py b/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
index 07881a5c88..b903a58026 100644
--- a/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
+++ b/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def _config_initialization(
     # the configuration file
     parsed_args_list = linter._parse_command_line_configuration(args_list)
 
-    # Remove the positional arguments separator from the list of arguments
+    # Remove the positional arguments separator from the list of arguments if it exists
     try:
         parsed_args_list.remove("--")
     except ValueError: