diff --git a/cloud/linode/cilium_loadbalancers.go b/cloud/linode/cilium_loadbalancers.go
index 9f19be0d..7bf8632a 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/cilium_loadbalancers.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/cilium_loadbalancers.go
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) ensureCiliumBGPPeeringPolicy(ctx context.Context) error
 				LocalASN:      65001,
 				ExportPodCIDR: ptr.To(true),
 				ServiceSelector: &slimv1.LabelSelector{
+					// By default, virtual routers will not announce any services.
+					// This selector makes it so all services within the cluster are announced.
+					// See https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/network/bgp-control-plane/#service-announcements
+					// for more information.
 					MatchExpressions: []slimv1.LabelSelectorRequirement{{
 						Key:      "somekey",
 						Operator: slimv1.LabelSelectorOpNotIn,
@@ -418,6 +422,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) ensureCiliumBGPPeeringPolicy(ctx context.Context) error
 			}},
 		},
 	}
+	// As in https://github.com/linode/lelastic, there are 4 peers per DC
 	for i := 1; i <= 4; i++ {
 		neighbor := v2alpha1.CiliumBGPNeighbor{
 			PeerAddress:             fmt.Sprintf("2600:3c0f:%d:34::%d/64", regionID, i),
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
index 3f03435b..673f27c9 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName stri
 
 		// check for existing CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool for service
 		pool, err := l.getCiliumLBIPPool(ctx, service)
-		// if the CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool doesn't exist, it's not nil, just empty
+		// if the CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool doesn't exist, it's not nil, instead an empty struct
+		// gets returned, so we check if this is so via the Name being empty
 		if pool != nil && pool.Name != "" {
 			klog.Infof("Cilium LB IP pool %s for Service %s ensured", pool.Name, serviceNn)
 			// ingress will be set by Cilium