diff --git a/src/servers/app/ServerWindow.cpp b/src/servers/app/ServerWindow.cpp
index b111791d48..8bf00290c6 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/ServerWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/ServerWindow.cpp
@@ -2783,6 +2783,9 @@ ServerWindow::_DispatchViewDrawingMessage(int32 code,
 			if (link.Read<BPoint>(&where) == B_OK) {
 				ServerPicture* picture = App()->GetPicture(token);
 				if (picture != NULL) {
+					// Setting the drawing origin outside of the
+					// state makes sure that everything the picture
+					// does is relative to the global picture offset.
 					fCurrentView->PushState();
 					fCurrentView->SetDrawingOrigin(where);