diff --git a/compactor/src/components/compaction_job_stream/mod.rs b/compactor/src/components/compaction_job_stream/mod.rs
index 0a1a162a48..2062251712 100644
--- a/compactor/src/components/compaction_job_stream/mod.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/components/compaction_job_stream/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use futures::stream::BoxStream;
 pub mod endless;
 pub mod once;
 
-/// Source for partitions.
+/// Source for compaction jobs.
 pub trait CompactionJobStream: Debug + Display + Send + Sync {
     /// Create new source stream of compaction jobs.
     ///
diff --git a/compactor/src/components/compaction_jobs_source/mod.rs b/compactor/src/components/compaction_jobs_source/mod.rs
index 3caf735f37..f88d5fa55b 100644
--- a/compactor/src/components/compaction_jobs_source/mod.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/components/compaction_jobs_source/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use compactor_scheduler::CompactionJob;
 /// A source of partitions, noted by [`CompactionJob`](compactor_scheduler::CompactionJob), that may potentially need compacting.
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait CompactionJobsSource: Debug + Display + Send + Sync {
-    /// Get partition IDs.
+    /// Get compaction jobs. (For now, 1 job equals 1 partition ID).
     ///
     /// This method performs retries.
     ///
diff --git a/compactor/src/driver.rs b/compactor/src/driver.rs
index faef17fccd..5c73969226 100644
--- a/compactor/src/driver.rs
+++ b/compactor/src/driver.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ pub async fn compact(
         .map(|job| {
             let components = Arc::clone(components);
 
-            // A root span is created for each partition.  Later this can be linked to the
+            // A root span is created for each compaction job (a.k.a. partition).
+            // Later this can be linked to the
             // scheduler's span via something passed through compaction_job_stream.
             let root_span: Option<Span> = trace_collector
                 .as_ref()