diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -1082,7 +1082,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // schedule next run for 10-15 minutes in the future
+    // Schedule next run for 10-15 minutes in the future.
+    // We add randomness on every cycle to avoid the possibility of P2P
+    // fingerprinting.
     const std::chrono::milliseconds delta =
         std::chrono::minutes{10} + GetRandMillis(std::chrono::minutes{5});
     scheduler.scheduleFromNow([&] { ReattemptInitialBroadcast(scheduler); },