diff --git a/innobase/fil/fil0fil.c b/innobase/fil/fil0fil.c
index 59fbd6f785d..885738deae2 100644
--- a/innobase/fil/fil0fil.c
+++ b/innobase/fil/fil0fil.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,8 @@ fil_decr_pending_ibuf_merges(
 	mutex_exit(&(system->mutex));
 }
 
+/************************************************************
+Creates the database directory for a table if it does not exist yet. */
 static
 void
 fil_create_directory_for_tablename(