diff --git a/internal/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go b/internal/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
index 2c4cf69ed..0a0ac5233 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
@@ -306,11 +306,15 @@ func SetDeprecationStatus(ext *ocv1alpha1.ClusterExtension, bundle *catalogmetad
 		})
 	}
 
-	// Even if the bundle is not deprecated, there may be channel
-	// deprecations associated with this bundle. If there are we need
-	// verify if it matches the channel specified in the ClusterExtension.
-	// if the bundle is not deprecated and there is no channel specified
-	// in the ClusterExtension there is no deprecations to be applied.
+	// There are two early return scenarios here:
+	// 1) The bundle is not deprecated (i.e no package or bundle deprecations)
+	// AND there are no other deprecations associated with the bundle
+	// 2) The bundle is not deprecated, there are deprecations associated
+	// with the bundle (i.e at least one channel the bundle is present in is deprecated),
+	// and the ClusterExtension does not specify a channel. This is because the channel deprecations
+	// are a loose deprecation coupling on the bundle. A ClusterExtension installation is only
+	// considered deprecated by a channel deprecation when a deprecated channel is specified via
+	// the spec.channel field.
 	if (!bundle.IsDeprecated() && !bundle.HasDeprecation()) || (!bundle.IsDeprecated() && ext.Spec.Channel == "") {
 		return
 	}