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diff --git a/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h b/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
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--- a/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
//
// Most users requiring mutual exclusion should use Mutex.
-// SpinLock is provided for use in three situations:
+// SpinLock is provided for use in two situations:
// - for use in code that Mutex itself depends on
-// - to get a faster fast-path release under low contention (without an
-// atomic read-modify-write) In return, SpinLock has worse behaviour under
-// contention, which is why Mutex is preferred in most situations.
// - for async signal safety (see below)
// SpinLock is async signal safe. If a spinlock is used within a signal