diff --git a/src/anndata/io.py b/src/anndata/io.py
index 0b7cea1ae..7d149189b 100644
--- a/src/anndata/io.py
+++ b/src/anndata/io.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 if "zarr" in sys.modules or TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ._io.zarr import read_zarr, write_zarr
 else:
-    # Importing zarr is slow, so unless it’s already imported,
-    # we wrap these functions into shims.
+    # In case zarr is not imported (and maybe not installed),
+    # wrap these functions into shims.
     def read_zarr(*args, **kw):  # pragma: no cover
         from ._io.zarr import read_zarr