diff --git a/pkg/exemplars/proxy.go b/pkg/exemplars/proxy.go
index 2a461b5d802..407f2adad9c 100644
--- a/pkg/exemplars/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/exemplars/proxy.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Proxy implements exemplarspb.Exemplars gRPC that fanouts requests to
-// given exemplarspb.Exemplars and de-duplication on the way.
+// given exemplarspb.Exemplars.
 type Proxy struct {
 	logger    log.Logger
 	exemplars func() []exemplarspb.ExemplarsClient