diff --git a/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs b/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
index 7fd535aa9..0517363a2 100644
--- a/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
+++ b/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
@@ -884,7 +884,10 @@ where
                     metrics::counter!("pool.closed.loadshed", 1);
                     self.fail_with(PeerError::Overloaded);
                 } else {
-                    // We could send a reject to the remote peer.
+                    // We could send a reject to the remote peer, but that might cause
+                    // them to disconnect, and we might be using them to sync blocks.
+                    // For similar reasons, we don't want to fail_with() here - we
+                    // only close the connection if the peer is doing something wrong.
                     error!(%e,
                            connection_state = ?self.state,
                            client_receiver = ?self.client_rx,