diff --git a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/ProtocolNegotiators.java b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/ProtocolNegotiators.java
index 6f1ad3f4842..2b59488ed08 100644
--- a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/ProtocolNegotiators.java
+++ b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/ProtocolNegotiators.java
@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ static final class ClientTlsProtocolNegotiator implements ProtocolNegotiator {
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
         // Per-rpc authority overriding via call options will be disallowed.
       } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-        // Should never happen.
+        // Should never happen since X509ExtendedTrustManager was introduced in Android API level 24
+        // along with checkServerTrusted.
       }
       checkServerTrustedMethod = method;
     }