diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/MessageDispatcher.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/MessageDispatcher.java
index 79aa6b71a94a..cda1eefea4cd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/MessageDispatcher.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/MessageDispatcher.java
@@ -349,9 +349,8 @@ public void processReceivedMessages(List<ReceivedMessage> messages, Runnable don
         // putIfAbsent puts ackHandler if ackID isn't previously mapped, then return the previously-mapped element.
         // If the previous element is not null, we already have the message and the new one is definitely a duplicate.
         // Don't nack this, because that'd also nack the one we already have in queue.
-
-        // TODO(pongad): We could update the total expiration time, but I'm not 100% sure how that plays with
-        // various resources. Think about this more.
+        // Don't update the existing one's total expiration either. If the user "loses" the message, we want to eventually
+        // totally expire so that pubsub service sends us the message again.
         continue;
       }
       outstandingBatch.addMessage(message, ackHandler);