diff --git a/packages/next/client/link.tsx b/packages/next/client/link.tsx
index 297928b9410e10d..967a9cda6c2008d 100644
--- a/packages/next/client/link.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/client/link.tsx
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ const Link = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, LinkPropsReal>(
 
     // Prefetch the URL if we haven't already and it's visible.
     React.useEffect(() => {
-      // in dev, we only prefetch on hover to avoid wasting resources
+      // in dev, we only prefetch on hover to avoid wasting resources as the prefetch will trigger compiling the page.
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
         return
       }