diff --git a/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h b/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h
index 0bde3745d4..80c47e6a4c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h
+++ b/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ class BluedroidGattClient final : public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTClient, public
   uint8_t remote_addr_type_{0};
   esp32_ble_tracker::ConnectionType connection_type_{esp32_ble_tracker::ConnectionType::V3_WITHOUT_CACHE};
   uint8_t connection_index_;
-  // Set only when release_services() cleans the stack's GATT cache, which no
-  // walk may then touch (Bluedroid asserts rather than erroring).
+  // Set by every release_services(): terminates an in-flight service stream
+  // (a partial list must never be sent as authoritative) and, when the cache
+  // was cleaned, marks the database unsafe to walk (Bluedroid asserts rather
+  // than erroring).
   bool services_released_{false};
   // The connected report waits for the MTU exchange; OPEN_EVT alone would
   // hand HA the default 23.
diff --git a/tests/components/bluetooth_proxy/test-passive.esp32-c6-idf.yaml b/tests/components/bluetooth_proxy/test-passive.esp32-c6-idf.yaml
index 3507c80662..06ce74dbad 100644
--- a/tests/components/bluetooth_proxy/test-passive.esp32-c6-idf.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/bluetooth_proxy/test-passive.esp32-c6-idf.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Advertisement-only proxy on esp32 by explicit choice: no GATT backend is
-# compiled (USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT unset), which pins the SERVES_PROXY gating and the
+# compiled (USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT unset), which pins the HAS_GATT gating and the
 # address-scoped maintenance path that a connections build never exercises.
 packages:
   common: !include common.yaml