diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
index 4ef3ff99705b..e2fbcc1cbdeb 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/provisioner.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import (
 var (
 	MaxBatchDuration = time.Second * 10
 	MinBatchDuration = time.Second * 1
-	MaxPodsPerBatch  = 2_000
+	// MaxPodsPerBatch limits the number of pods we process at one time to avoid using too much memory
+	MaxPodsPerBatch = 2_000
 )
 
 // Provisioner waits for enqueued pods, batches them, creates capacity and binds the pods to the capacity.