diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
index 4091f4b00a..a3f5cf5b35 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ func (p *provider) DeleteNodes(n []nodes.Node) error {
 	return deleteVolumes(nodeVolumes)
 }
 
+// getHostIPOrDefault defaults HostIP to localhost if is not set 
+// xref: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/issues/3777
 func getHostIPOrDefault(hostIP string) string {
 	if hostIP == "" {
 		return "127.0.0.1"