diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
index 814a797c2..97eb0bd4f 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- * Spring Boot Environment Post Processor setting the value for idp.home property to an abstract temp directory
+ * Spring Boot Environment Post Processor setting the value for idp.home property to a temp directory
  * if no IDP_HOME environment variable has been set already.
  *
+ * Also creates IDP_HOME/metadata directory if no such directory already exixst.
+ *
  * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
  */
 public class IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor implements EnvironmentPostProcessor {