diff --git a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
index 9fb633312..9b29784ce 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class TransactionUtils {
             results.push(result);
           }
         } catch {
-          // skip failures
+          // we don't always expect to find a transaction for every txid
+          // so it's fine to silently skip failures
         }
       }
       return results;