diff --git a/lib/time.rb b/lib/time.rb
index 387df1f298..b8e3b22998 100644
--- a/lib/time.rb
+++ b/lib/time.rb
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ class Time
       if zone_utc?(zone)
         t.utc
       elsif offset ||= zone_offset(zone)
-        # Prefer the local (real) timezone over the fixed offset (artificial)
-        # timezone.
+        # Prefer the local timezone over the fixed offset timezone because
+        # the former is a real timezone and latter is an artificial timezone.
         t.localtime
         if t.utc_offset != offset
           # Use the fixed offset timezone only if the local timezone cannot