diff --git a/modules/friendlytag.js b/modules/friendlytag.js
index 224fac7ea..ca5111a5f 100644
--- a/modules/friendlytag.js
+++ b/modules/friendlytag.js
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ Twinkle.tag.callback = function friendlytagCallback() {
 	}).done(function(response) {
 		var isReviewed = false;
 		var isOldPage = response.pagetriagelist.result !== 'success' || response.pagetriagelist.pages.length === 0;
-		// Handle edge case where pagetriagelist API returns "pages_missing_metadata"
+		// Recent articles will have a patrol_status that we can read.
+		// For articles that have been out of the new pages feed for awhile, pages[0] will be undefined.
 		var isMarkedAsReviewed = response.pagetriagelist.pages[0] ?
-			response.pagetriagelist.pages[0].patrol_status > 0 : 
+			response.pagetriagelist.pages[0].patrol_status > 0 :
 			true;
 
 		if (isOldPage || isMarkedAsReviewed) {