diff --git a/cli/command/registry.go b/cli/command/registry.go
index 7ed01b55f4..22c5cff0c2 100644
--- a/cli/command/registry.go
+++ b/cli/command/registry.go
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ func RegistryAuthenticationPrivilegedFunc(cli Cli, index *registrytypes.IndexInf
 	}
 }
 
-// ResolveAuthConfig is like registry.ResolveAuthConfig, but if using the
-// default index, it uses the default index name for the daemon's platform,
-// not the client's platform.
+// ResolveAuthConfig returns auth-config for the given registry from the
+// credential-store. It returns an empty AuthConfig if no credentials were
+// found.
+//
+// It is similar to [registry.ResolveAuthConfig], but uses the credentials-
+// store, instead of looking up credentials from a map.
 func ResolveAuthConfig(_ context.Context, cli Cli, index *registrytypes.IndexInfo) registrytypes.AuthConfig {
 	configKey := index.Name
 	if index.Official {