diff --git a/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json b/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
index 5786931959..371b2a15de 100644
--- a/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
+++ b/packages/astro/tsconfigs/base.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     // Enable top-level await, and other modern ESM features.
     "target": "ESNext",
     "module": "ESNext",
-    // Enable node-style module resolution, for things like npm package imports.
+    // Enable module resolution without file extensions on relative paths, for things like npm package imports.
     "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
     // Allow importing TypeScript files using their native extension (.ts(x)).
     "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,