diff --git a/core/encoding/xml/xml_reader.odin b/core/encoding/xml/xml_reader.odin
index 60744357c..d616be9dc 100644
--- a/core/encoding/xml/xml_reader.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/xml/xml_reader.odin
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ parse_bytes :: proc(data: []u8, options := DEFAULT_OPTIONS, path := "", error_ha
 				case .Open_Bracket:
 					// This could be a CDATA tag part of a tag's body. Unread the `<![`
 					t.offset -= 3
+
+					// Instead of calling `parse_body` here, we could also `continue loop`
+					// and fall through to the `case:` at the bottom of the outer loop.
+					// This makes the intent clearer.
 					parse_body(doc, element, opts) or_return
 
 				case: