diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/gateway/fleet/fleet_gateway.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/gateway/fleet/fleet_gateway.go
index c81e649b579..fd835ee95f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/gateway/fleet/fleet_gateway.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/gateway/fleet/fleet_gateway.go
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ func newFleetGatewayWithScheduler(
 	stateStore stateStore,
 ) (gateway.FleetGateway, error) {
 
-	// Backoff implementation doesn't support the using of a context as the shutdown mechanism.
+	// Backoff implementation doesn't support the use of a context [cancellation]
+	// as the shutdown mechanism.
 	// So we keep a done channel that will be closed when the current context is shutdown.
 	done := make(chan struct{})