diff --git a/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp b/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
index 54d5d68fe7..1b74e3addb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
@@ -16,19 +16,15 @@ void loop();
 namespace esphome {
 
 void HOT yield() { ::yield(); }
-// Skip the Arduino core's ::millis() wrapper so the public esphome::millis() is
-// inlinable at its call sites and matches MillisInternal::get()'s fast path.
+// Inline the tick read so esphome::millis() matches MillisInternal::get()'s fast
+// path instead of going through the Arduino core's out-of-line ::millis() wrapper.
 //
-// RTL87xx and LN882x run FreeRTOS at 1 kHz, so xTaskGetTickCount() is already in
-// milliseconds. IRAM_ATTR is kept on those families because components (e.g.
-// rotary_encoder) call millis() from ISR handlers, and in ISR context millis()
-// dispatches to xTaskGetTickCountFromISR() to satisfy the FreeRTOS API contract.
+// RTL87xx / LN882x (1 kHz): xTaskGetTickCount() is already ms. IRAM_ATTR + ISR
+// dispatch are needed because ISR handlers (e.g. rotary_encoder) call millis().
 //
-// BK72xx runs FreeRTOS at 500 Hz — multiply by portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2) to convert
-// ticks to milliseconds, matching the Arduino core's wiring.c. IRAM_ATTR is a no-op
-// on BK72xx (see hal.h): the SDK masks FIQ + IRQ at the CPU around every flash
-// operation, so no ISR runs while flash is stalled and IRAM placement is unnecessary.
-// BK72xx therefore also skips the ISR dispatch, matching the Arduino core.
+// BK72xx (500 Hz): ticks * portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2). IRAM_ATTR and ISR dispatch
+// are both unnecessary — the SDK masks FIQ + IRQ during flash writes (see hal.h),
+// so no ISR runs while flash is stalled.
 #if defined(USE_RTL87XX) || defined(USE_LN882X)
 uint32_t IRAM_ATTR HOT millis() {
   static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 1000, "millis() fast path requires 1 kHz FreeRTOS tick");
diff --git a/esphome/core/millis_internal.h b/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
index 367b1a3d96..bc1d55a1c4 100644
--- a/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
+++ b/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
@@ -36,19 +36,13 @@ class MillisInternal {
 #if defined(USE_ESP32) && CONFIG_FREERTOS_HZ == 1000
     return xTaskGetTickCount();
 #elif defined(USE_LIBRETINY) && (defined(USE_RTL87XX) || defined(USE_LN882X))
-    // RTL87xx and LN882x run FreeRTOS at 1 kHz, so xTaskGetTickCount() is
-    // already in milliseconds.
+    // 1 kHz: xTaskGetTickCount() is already ms.
     static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 1000, "MillisInternal fast path requires 1 kHz FreeRTOS tick");
     return xTaskGetTickCount();
 #elif defined(USE_BK72XX)
-    // BK72xx runs FreeRTOS at 500 Hz; scale ticks by portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2).
-    // Inlined here because esphome::millis() on BK72xx is out-of-line (its
-    // IRAM_ATTR is a no-op — see hal.h — because the BK72xx SDK wraps flash
-    // operations in GLOBAL_INT_DISABLE() which masks FIQ + IRQ at the CPU for
-    // the duration of every write, so no ISR runs while flash is stalled and
-    // IRAM placement / FromISR dispatch are both unnecessary). Calling the
-    // out-of-line esphome::millis() would still cost a real function call,
-    // which this inlined path avoids.
+    // 500 Hz: scale by portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2). Inlined to avoid the
+    // out-of-line call to esphome::millis() (IRAM_ATTR is a no-op on BK72xx —
+    // SDK masks FIQ + IRQ during flash writes, see hal.h).
     static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 500, "BK72xx MillisInternal assumes 500 Hz FreeRTOS tick");
     return xTaskGetTickCount() * portTICK_PERIOD_MS;
 #else