diff --git a/src/Database/LSMTree/Internal/WriteBufferReader.hs b/src/Database/LSMTree/Internal/WriteBufferReader.hs
index 59f9e3ab2..5c158828b 100644
--- a/src/Database/LSMTree/Internal/WriteBufferReader.hs
+++ b/src/Database/LSMTree/Internal/WriteBufferReader.hs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ readWriteBuffer reg resolve hfs hbio wbPaths =
           Empty -> pure acc
           ReadEntry key entry -> readEntriesAcc $ WB.addEntry resolve key (rawBlobRefSpan <$> toFullEntry entry) acc
 
--- | Allows reading the k\/ops of a run incrementally, using its own read-only
--- file handle and in-memory cache of the current disk page.
+-- | Allows reading the k\/ops of a serialised write buffer incrementally,
+-- using its own read-only file handle and in-memory cache of the current disk page.
 --
 -- New pages are loaded when trying to read their first entry.
 data WriteBufferReader m h = WriteBufferReader {