diff --git a/monitor/reporter.go b/monitor/reporter.go
index 4a10fbad14..2ae36efb66 100644
--- a/monitor/reporter.go
+++ b/monitor/reporter.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package monitor
 
 import "github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
 
+// Reporter is an interface for gathering internal statistics
 type Reporter interface {
 	Statistics(tags map[string]string) []models.Statistic
 }
diff --git a/monitor/service.go b/monitor/service.go
index a047790c96..3868b77b54 100644
--- a/monitor/service.go
+++ b/monitor/service.go
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ type Statistic struct {
 	models.Statistic
 }
 
-// valueNames returns a sorted list of the value names, if any.
+// ValueNames returns a sorted list of the value names, if any.
 func (s *Statistic) ValueNames() []string {
 	a := make([]string, 0, len(s.Values))
 	for k := range s.Values {
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ func (s *Statistic) ValueNames() []string {
 	return a
 }
 
+// Statistics is a slice of sortable statistics
 type Statistics []*Statistic
 
 func (a Statistics) Len() int { return len(a) }