diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js b/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
index 249cdcfcb0..40db914941 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/ReplyThread.js
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ export default class ReplyThread extends React.Component {
             // for a timeline with that event, but once it is loaded we can use findEventById to look up the ev map
             await this.context.matrixClient.getEventTimeline(room.getUnfilteredTimelineSet(), eventId);
         } catch (e) {
-            // if it fails, capture the error and dump it because it'll make findEventById return false, which
-            // captures a superset of errors.
+            // if it fails catch the error and return early, there's no point trying to find the event in this case.
+            // Return null as it is falsey and thus should be treated as an error (as the event cannot be resolved).
             return null;
         }
         return room.findEventById(eventId);