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diff --git a/hicn-light/src/hicn/core/msgbuf.h b/hicn-light/src/hicn/core/msgbuf.h
index ee9337225..ef2b38c51 100644
--- a/hicn-light/src/hicn/core/msgbuf.h
+++ b/hicn-light/src/hicn/core/msgbuf.h
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ typedef struct {
unsigned connection_id; // ingress
Ticks recv_ts; // timestamp
unsigned refs; // refcount
- unsigned path_label; // XXX what is this ?
+ unsigned path_label; // original path label of the received message. used
+ // as a base for the path label computation when the
+ // same data packet needs to be forwarded on multiple
+ // face.
// XXX Cache storage
union {