diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index aeb26b84..d57e5166 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace detail {
 
 FMT_FUNC void assert_fail(const char* file, int line, const char* message) {
+  // Use unchecked std::fprintf to avoid triggering another assertion when
+  // writing to stderr fails
   std::fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: assertion failed: %s", file, line, message);
   // Chosen instead of std::abort to satisfy Clang in CUDA mode during device
   // code pass.