diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
index bafaae4fb2..5879d91591 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ export class EntityUserListFilter implements EntityFilter {
     if (this.value === 'starred') {
       return this.refs?.includes(stringifyEntityRef(entity)) ?? true;
     }
+    // used only for retro-compatibility with the old
+    // non paginated table. This is supposed to return always true
+    // for paginated owned entities, since the filters are applied
+    // server side.
     if (this.value === 'owned') {
       return (
         this.refs?.some(v =>