diff --git a/apps/base/cheeztv/valkey.yaml b/apps/base/cheeztv/valkey.yaml
index ff0b1ad..e8716ce 100644
--- a/apps/base/cheeztv/valkey.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/cheeztv/valkey.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ spec:
   replicas: 2
   image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9.0.0
   # redis_exporter sidecar (:9121, port name `metrics`) on every ValkeyNode pod;
-  # the operator manages a dedicated _exporter ACL user for it. Image overridden
-  # from the operator default (bare dockerhub oliver006/redis_exporter:v1.80.0)
-  # to the artifactapi-proxied pin. Scraped by the valkey-exporter VMPodScrape
-  # in vmpodscrape.yaml alongside this file.
+  # the operator manages a dedicated _exporter ACL user for it. Image version
+  # pinned; scraped by valkey-exporter VMPodScrape in vmpodscrape.yaml.
   exporter:
     enabled: true
     image: docker.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:v1.89.0