diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/edit/edit.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/edit/edit.go
index b91798dae..d7ae05236 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/edit/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/edit/edit.go
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ func editRun(opts *EditOptions) error {
 	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
 
 	// Wire up search functions for assignees and reviewers.
-	// Only enabled on github.com.
+	// When these aren't wired up, it triggers a downstream fallback
+	// to legacy reviewer/assignee fetching.
 	if issueFeatures.ActorIsAssignable {
 		editable.AssigneeSearchFunc = assigneeSearchFunc(apiClient, repo, &editable, pr.ID)
 		editable.ReviewerSearchFunc = reviewerSearchFunc(apiClient, repo, &editable, pr.ID)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/editable.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/editable.go
index 3e92444be..9c6629f5e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/editable.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/editable.go
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ func FetchOptions(client *api.Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, editable *Editable,
 	fetchAssignees := false
 	if editable.Assignees.Edited {
 		// Similar as above, this is likely an interactive flow if no Add/Remove slices are set.
-		// The addition here is that we also check for an assignee search func.
 		// If we have a search func, we don't need to fetch assignees since we
 		// assume that will be done dynamically in the prompting flow.
 		if len(editable.Assignees.Add) == 0 && len(editable.Assignees.Remove) == 0 && editable.AssigneeSearchFunc == nil {
@@ -473,6 +472,8 @@ func FetchOptions(client *api.Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, editable *Editable,
 		}
 		// However, if we have Add/Remove operations (non-interactive flow),
 		// we do need to fetch the assignees.
+		// TODO: KW noninteractive assignees need to migrate to directly use
+		// new logins input with ReplaceActorsForAssignable to prevent fetching.
 		if len(editable.Assignees.Add) > 0 || len(editable.Assignees.Remove) > 0 {
 			fetchAssignees = true
 		}