diff --git a/pkg/util/goroutinemap/goroutinemap.go b/pkg/util/goroutinemap/goroutinemap.go
index 913d066e59e88..0d70657410286 100644
--- a/pkg/util/goroutinemap/goroutinemap.go
+++ b/pkg/util/goroutinemap/goroutinemap.go
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ const (
 	maxDurationBeforeRetry = 2 * time.Minute
 )
 
-// GoRoutineMap defines the supported set of operations.
+// GoRoutineMap defines a type that can run named goroutines and track their
+// state.  It prevents the creation of multiple goroutines with the same name
+// and may prevent recreation of a goroutine until after the a backoff time
+// has elapsed after the last goroutine with that name finished.
 type GoRoutineMap interface {
 	// Run adds operation name to the list of running operations and spawns a
 	// new go routine to execute the operation.
@@ -59,8 +62,8 @@ type GoRoutineMap interface {
 	// and evaluate results after that.
 	Wait()
 
-	// IsOperationPending returns true if the operation is pending, otherwise
-	// returns false
+	// IsOperationPending returns true if the operation is pending (currently
+	// running), otherwise returns false.
 	IsOperationPending(operationName string) bool
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ type goRoutineMap struct {
 	lock                      sync.RWMutex
 }
 
+// operation holds the state of a single goroutine.
 type operation struct {
 	operationPending bool
 	expBackoff       exponentialbackoff.ExponentialBackoff
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ func (grm *goRoutineMap) Run(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// operationComplete handles the completion of a goroutine run in the
+// goRoutineMap.
 func (grm *goRoutineMap) operationComplete(
 	operationName string, err *error) {
 	// Defer operations are executed in Last-In is First-Out order. In this case