diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
index 72500a9584..ea4a475901 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/livecheck/strategy.rb
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ module Homebrew
       # `curl` arguments used in `Strategy#page_content` method.
       PAGE_CONTENT_CURL_ARGS = ([
         "--compressed",
-        # Allow the return of an error code on exit, so that we can retry
-        # with a fake UA string (e.g. for Cloudflare-protected sites)
+        # Return an error when the HTTP response code is 400 or greater but
+        # continue to return body content
         "--fail-with-body",
         # Include HTTP response headers in output, so we can identify the
         # final URL after any redirections