diff --git a/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.cpp
index fcb2696090..4a12ef834e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void GPIOBinarySensorStore::setup(InternalGPIOPin *pin, gpio::InterruptType type
 
 void GPIOBinarySensor::setup() {
   if (this->use_interrupt_ && !this->pin_->is_internal()) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Interrupts not supported for this pin type, falling back to polling");
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "GPIO is not internal, falling back to polling mode");
     this->use_interrupt_ = false;
   }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.h b/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.h
index 17f7b4eb19..a25f8fc7fe 100644
--- a/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/gpio/binary_sensor/gpio_binary_sensor.h
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class GPIOBinarySensorStore {
   bool has_changed() {
     // No lock needed: single writer (ISR) / single reader (main loop) pattern
     // Volatile bool operations are atomic on all ESPHome-supported platforms
+    //
+    // Note: There's a benign race where ISR could set changed_ = true between
+    // our read and clear. This is intentional and causes no issues because:
+    // 1. We'll process the state change on the next loop iteration
+    // 2. Multiple rapid changes between loop iterations would only result in
+    //    one update anyway (we only care about the final state)
+    // 3. This avoids the overhead of atomic operations in the ISR
     if (!this->changed_) {
       return false;
     }