diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 17d00721c..5269059d0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 self.to_screen('%s' % (note,))
             else:
                 self.to_screen('%s: %s' % (video_id, note))
-        # data, headers and query params will be ignored for `Request` objects
         if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
             url_or_request = update_Request(
                 url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)