diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
index 6c57198b6bfd..3e830291a3c9 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ fn merge_ranges(ranges: &[Range<usize>]) -> impl Iterator<Item = (Range<usize>,
     let mut current_merged_range = ranges.first().map_or(0..0, Clone::clone);
     // Number of fetched bytes excluding excess.
     let mut current_n_bytes = current_merged_range.len();
-    // Number of ranges merged due to being relatively small.
+    // (1 + ) Number of ranges merged due to being relatively small.
     let mut n_small_merged: usize = 1;
 
     (0..ranges.len())