diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/MesosExecutorBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/MesosExecutorBackend.scala
index b147d8592c3d6..f15e6bc33fb41 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/MesosExecutorBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/MesosExecutorBackend.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ private[spark] class MesosExecutorBackend
       frameworkInfo: FrameworkInfo,
       slaveInfo: SlaveInfo) {
 
+    // Get num cores for this task from ExecutorInfo, created in MesosSchedulerBackend.
     val cpusPerTask = executorInfo.getResourcesList
       .find(_.getName == "cpus")
       .map(_.getScalar.getValue.toInt)