diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
index 1fdf6999e4..4ce787ad1d 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
@@ -1038,6 +1038,14 @@ nm_g_object_unref(gpointer obj)
  */
 #define nm_clear_g_free(pp) nm_clear_pointer(pp, g_free)
 
+/* Our nm_clear_pointer() is more typesafe than g_clear_pointer() and
+ * should be preferred.
+ *
+ * For g_clear_object() that is not the case (because g_object_unref()
+ * anyway takes a void pointer). So using g_clear_object() is fine.
+ *
+ * Still have a nm_clear_g_object() because that returns a boolean
+ * indication whether anything was cleared. */
 #define nm_clear_g_object(pp) nm_clear_pointer(pp, g_object_unref)
 
 /**