diff --git a/src/Lifecycle.js b/src/Lifecycle.js
index aab7884b2e..b52e5e9da5 100644
--- a/src/Lifecycle.js
+++ b/src/Lifecycle.js
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ async function startMatrixClient(startSyncing=true) {
     Mjolnir.sharedInstance().start();
 
     if (startSyncing) {
+        // The client might want to populate some views with events from the
+        // index (e.g. the FilePanel), therefore initialize the event index
+        // before the client.
         await EventIndexPeg.init();
         await MatrixClientPeg.start();
     } else {