diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
index af6e0996e3a..642aa1f13bb 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ def is_codex_user_agent(user_agent: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def qualify_provider_stripped_model(model: str, custom_llm_provider: str) -> str:
-    """Put the provider prefix back on a provider-stripped model.
-
-    A sub-path provider (``bedrock/mantle/...``) leaves a slash in the remainder, so
-    treating any slash as "already qualified" would drop the prefix.
-    """
+    """Put the provider prefix back on a provider-stripped model."""
     if not custom_llm_provider or model.startswith(f"{custom_llm_provider}/"):
         return model
     return f"{custom_llm_provider}/{model}"
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
index cd834beff92..9f266adcec3 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
@@ -410,10 +410,7 @@ class TestIsExpectedClientError:
 
 
 class TestQualifyProviderStrippedModel:
-    """#38829: an agentic follow-up re-dispatched the provider-stripped model. For providers
-    that route through a sub-path the remainder still holds a slash, and the old
-    "any slash means already qualified" test dropped the prefix, leaving a string
-    litellm.acompletion could not resolve a provider from."""
+    """#38829: a model whose remainder still holds a slash must keep its provider prefix."""
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "model,provider,expected",
@@ -439,7 +436,6 @@ class TestQualifyProviderStrippedModel:
         assert qualify_provider_stripped_model(model, provider) == model
 
     def test_a_provider_that_only_shares_a_prefix_is_still_qualified(self):
-        """`openai` must not be read as a prefix of `openai_like`."""
         assert qualify_provider_stripped_model("openai_like/foo", "openai") == "openai/openai_like/foo"
 
     def test_no_provider_leaves_the_model_untouched(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
index 87e0360e76e..9dd8dcafd04 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
@@ -3716,10 +3716,7 @@ def test_image_edit_handler_keeps_the_sync_transform():
 
 
 class TestAgenticFollowUpKeepsTheProviderPrefix:
-    """#38829: the follow-up re-dispatched the provider-stripped model. For a provider that
-    routes through a sub-path the remainder still holds a slash, so the old
-    "a slash means already qualified" test dropped the prefix and the follow-up raised
-    "LLM Provider NOT provided"."""
+    """#38829: the follow-up must re-dispatch a model litellm.acompletion can route."""
 
     @staticmethod
     def _plan():
@@ -3751,7 +3748,6 @@ class TestAgenticFollowUpKeepsTheProviderPrefix:
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_a_sub_path_model_still_resolves_a_provider(self):
-        """bedrock/mantle/... reaches the handler as mantle/..., which alone is unroutable."""
         response = await self._run_followup("mantle/anthropic.claude-sonnet-5", "bedrock")
 
         assert response.choices[0].message.content == "ok from followup"