diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/garden/http.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/garden/http.go
index 3ca60d0bd..d968296f4 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/garden/http.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/garden/http.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ func getCommits(client *http.Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, maxCommits int) ([]*
 	return commits, nil
 }
 
-// getResponse performs the API call and returns the response's link header.
+// getResponse performs the API call and returns the response's link header values.
+// If the "Link" header is missing, the returned slice will be nil.
 func getResponse(client *http.Client, host, path string, data interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	url := ghinstance.RESTPrefix(host) + path
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)