diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/fine_tuning/handler.py b/litellm/llms/openai/fine_tuning/handler.py
index 6800fe81d65..c065325254e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/fine_tuning/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/fine_tuning/handler.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ _AZURE_STATUS_MAP = {
     "canceled": "cancelled",
     "canceling": "cancelled",
 }
+# Note: Azure's "canceling" (in-progress) is mapped to "cancelled" (terminal)
+# because LiteLLMFineTuningJob schema has no intermediate cancellation state.
 
 
 def _normalize_fine_tuning_job_dict(
diff --git a/tests/batches_tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py b/tests/batches_tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
index 3ab15306fcb..7e220612ac6 100644
--- a/tests/batches_tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
+++ b/tests/batches_tests/test_fine_tuning_api.py
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@ async def test_mock_openai_retrieve_fine_tune_job():
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_mock_azure_create_fine_tune_job_with_azure_specific_params():
     """Test that Azure-specific parameters are passed through extra_body"""
-    from openai.types.fine_tuning.fine_tuning_job import FineTuningJob
     from openai.types.fine_tuning.fine_tuning_job import Hyperparameters as OAIHyperparameters
     from litellm.types.utils import LiteLLMFineTuningJob