diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_skipstream_lts.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_skipstream_lts.erl
index bb786c1f0..f555241f2 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_skipstream_lts.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_storage_skipstream_lts.erl
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
 
 -record(it, {
     static_index :: emqx_ds_lts:static_key(),
+    %% Minimal timestamp of the next message:
     ts :: ts(),
+    %% Compressed topic filter:
     compressed_tf :: binary()
 }).
 
@@ -555,8 +557,16 @@ next_step(
                             next_step(S, StaticIdx, CompressedTF, Iterators, NextTS, {seek, NextTS})
                     end;
                 NextTS when NextTS > ExpectedTS, N > 0 ->
+                    %% Next index level is not what we expect. Reset
+                    %% search to the first wilcard index, but continue
+                    %% from `NextTS'.
+                    %%
+                    %% Note: if `NextTS > ExpectedTS' and `N =:= 0',
+                    %% it means the upper (replication) level is
+                    %% broken and supplied us NextTS that advenced
+                    %% past the point of time that can be safely read.
+                    %% We don't handle it here.
                     inc_counter(?DS_SKIPSTREAM_LTS_MISS),
-                    %% Next index level is not what we expect.
                     {seek, NextTS}
             end
     end.
diff --git a/changes/ce/feat-13370.en.md b/changes/ce/feat-13370.en.md
index a44f94eea..8ed0cc75e 100644
--- a/changes/ce/feat-13370.en.md
+++ b/changes/ce/feat-13370.en.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Add a new version of `wildcard_optimized` storage layout for the durable storage
 
 Improvements:
 
-- New layout does not introduce latency
+- New layout does not have an inherent latency
 
-- On-disk serialization of MQTT messages is much more efficient
-  - Metadata is encoded more efficiently
-  - Message topic is compressed
+- MQTT messages are serialized into a much more space-efficient format