diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index e404d60ca4..a0ef268428 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -2095,9 +2095,11 @@ static int handle_notify(URLContext *s, RTMPPacket *pkt) {
 
     // generate packet header and put data into buffer for FLV demuxer
     if (rt->flv_off < rt->flv_size) {
+        // There is old unread data in the buffer, thus append at the end
         old_flv_size  = rt->flv_size;
         rt->flv_size += datatowritelength + 15;
     } else {
+        // All data has been read, write the new data at the start of the buffer
         old_flv_size = 0;
         rt->flv_size = datatowritelength + 15;
         rt->flv_off  = 0;