diff --git a/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh b/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
index 76f44d28f1b..dd4b152de37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/bashlib.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ playwright_testdata() {
   superset init
   # Enable DML on the examples database so Playwright tests can create/drop
   # temporary tables via SQL Lab without depending on external data sources.
+  # Uses `superset shell` (Flask shell with app context pre-loaded) rather
+  # than `python -c` to avoid the create_app()/app_context() boilerplate.
   superset shell <<'PYEOF'
 import sys
 from superset.extensions import db