Comment on “modification of Lie's Transform Perturbation Theory for Charged Particle Motion in a Magnetic Field” [phys. Plasmas 30, 042515 (2023)]

A recent paper by L. Zheng [Phys. Plasmas 30, 042515 (2023)] presented a critical analysis of standard Lie-transform perturbation theory and suggested that its application to the problem of charged-particle motion in a magnetic field suffered from ordering inconsistencies. In the present Comment, we suggest that this criticism is unjustified and that standard Lie-transform perturbation theory does not need to be modified in its application to guiding-center theory.