In the article by Grbić et al. (Phys. Rev. B 83, 144508 (2011)), measurements of microwave absorption were used to determine the in-plane ac-fluctuation conductivity (or paraconductivity) at zero-field of YBa2Cu3O 7−δ single crystals with different doping levels, and then to establish the temperature range of the superconducting fluctuations above Tc. The ac-paraconductivity was obtained as the difference between the measurements at zero magnetic field and at 16 T, the maximum field amplitude used in their experiments. However, we will argue that such field amplitude is not enough to quench all superconducting fluctuations in the studied compounds and that, therefore, the authors actually determine the ac-fluctuation magnetoconductivity at 16 T. So, the temperature they propose for the onset of the superconducting fluctuations, T ′ , will correspond to the one at which the finite field effects at 16 T become measurable in their experiments, and the actual temperature of the superconducting fluctuations onset will be located well above T ′ . These conclusions, which also concern influential recent publications on that issue, are then confirmed by analyzing some of the Grbić and coworkers data on the grounds of the Gaussian Ginzburg-Landau (GGL) approach for the finite-field (or Prange) fluctuation regime.The starting assumption of the Grbić and coworkers analysis of their interesting microwave absorption measurements in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ (YBCO) single crystals is that the field of 16 T is well sufficient to suppress all superconducting fluctuations above the zero field T c . 1 Accordingly, these authors claim to extract the real part of the in-plane ac paraconductivity in zero magnetic field, as the difference of the curves (of the conductivities) measured in zero field and in the field of 16 T. The temperature at which this difference becomes measurable with their experimental resolution, denoted T ′ , is then identified with the onset of the superconducting fluctuations. To further support their conclusions, Grbić and coworkers claim that the so-obtained zero field acparaconductivity may be quantitatively explained on the grounds of the GGL scenario.