diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/mod.rs b/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/mod.rs
index 31ee5b88d40e..9389cac27857 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/mod.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,10 @@ impl Wal {
         self.inner.commit(notification)
     }
 
-    /// Finalizes the WAL to the given block, inclusive.
+    /// Finalizes the WAL up to the given canonical block, inclusive.
     ///
-    /// 1. Finds a notification with first unfinalized block (first notification containing a
-    ///    committed block higher than `to_block`).
-    /// 2. Removes the notifications from the beginning of WAL until the found notification. If this
-    ///    notification includes both finalized and non-finalized blocks, it will not be removed.
+    /// The caller should check that all ExExes are on the canonical chain and will not need any
+    /// blocks from the WAL below the provided block, inclusive.
     pub fn finalize(&self, to_block: BlockNumHash) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         self.inner.finalize(to_block)
     }
diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/storage.rs b/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/storage.rs
index 77190a77dedb..7ae98077e63d 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/storage.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/src/wal/storage.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl Storage {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Reads the notification from the file with the given id.
+    /// Reads the notification from the file with the given ID.
     #[instrument(target = "exex::wal::storage", skip(self))]
     pub(super) fn read_notification(&self, file_id: u64) -> eyre::Result<Option<ExExNotification>> {
         let file_path = self.file_path(file_id);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Storage {
         Ok(serde_json::from_reader(&mut file)?)
     }
 
-    /// Writes the notification to the file with the given id.
+    /// Writes the notification to the file with the given ID.
     #[instrument(target = "exex::wal::storage", skip(self, notification))]
     pub(super) fn write_notification(
         &self,