diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 51067c774f..0f2e453bf5 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -426,10 +426,15 @@ static int vmdk_add_extent(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return -EFBIG;
     }
     if (l1_size > 512 * 1024 * 1024) {
-        /* Although with big capacity and small l1_entry_sectors, we can get a
+        /*
+         * Although with big capacity and small l1_entry_sectors, we can get a
          * big l1_size, we don't want unbounded value to allocate the table.
-         * Limit it to 512M, which is 16PB for default cluster and L2 table
-         * size */
+         * Limit it to 512M, which is:
+         *     16PB - for default "Hosted Sparse Extent" (VMDK4)
+         *            cluster size: 64KB, L2 table size: 512 entries
+         *     1PB  - for default "ESXi Host Sparse Extent" (VMDK3/vmfsSparse)
+         *            cluster size: 512B, L2 table size: 4096 entries
+         */
         error_setg(errp, "L1 size too big");
         return -EFBIG;
     }