diff --git a/lib/internal/linkedlist.js b/lib/internal/linkedlist.js
index 15f06c0efe8f05..40bca91de25803 100644
--- a/lib/internal/linkedlist.js
+++ b/lib/internal/linkedlist.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exports.create = create;
 
 // show the most idle item
 function peek(list) {
-  if (list._idlePrev == list) return null;
+  if (list._idlePrev === list) return null;
   return list._idlePrev;
 }
 exports.peek = peek;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function append(list, item) {
   }
 
   // items are linked  with _idleNext -> (older) and _idlePrev -> (newer)
-  // TODO: swap the linkage to match the intuitive older items at "prev"
+  // Note: This linkage (next being older) may seem counter-intuitive at first.
   item._idleNext = list._idleNext;
   item._idlePrev = list;