diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
index 6c2766b85077c08b45efc049fdb73f7973a767c0..37d7ec1704734ef99962b735008c7bb28997e9f8 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ func (m *editorCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (util.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			case key.Matches(msg, m.keyMap.Next):
 				return m, util.CmdHandler(ScrollHistoryDown{})
 			}
+			// if any key other than history related controls we play it safe and close
+			// the history and reset the text input field to be the current value
 			cmds = append(cmds, util.CmdHandler(CloseHistoryMsg{
 				valueToSet: m.textarea.Value(),
 			}))