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diff --git a/sql/item.h b/sql/item.h
index 0cfb0b01fd8..566daa1aaee 100644
--- a/sql/item.h
+++ b/sql/item.h
@@ -1959,6 +1959,16 @@ public:
class Item_in_subselect;
+
+/*
+ An object of this class:
+ - Converts val_XXX() calls to ref->val_XXX_result() calls, like Item_ref.
+ - Sets owner->was_null=TRUE if it has returned a NULL value from any
+ val_XXX() function. This allows to inject an Item_ref_null_helper
+ object into subquery and then check if the subquery has produced a row
+ with NULL value.
+*/
+
class Item_ref_null_helper: public Item_ref
{
protected: