diff --git a/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs b/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
index bff4c66f89b..3c3df454ca1 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ impl<'a> GlobalRef<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// `ScriptChan` used to send messages to the event loop of this global's
-    /// thread.
+    /// Create a new sender/receiver pair that can be used to implement an on-demand
+    /// event loop. Used for implementing web APIs that require blocking semantics
+    /// without resorting to nested event loops.
     pub fn new_script_pair(&self) -> (Box<ScriptChan+Send>, Box<ScriptPort+Send>) {
         match *self {
             GlobalRef::Window(ref window) => window.new_script_pair(),
diff --git a/components/script/script_task.rs b/components/script/script_task.rs
index e43ca69a981..31116307b3c 100644
--- a/components/script/script_task.rs
+++ b/components/script/script_task.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ pub trait ScriptChan {
     fn clone(&self) -> Box<ScriptChan+Send>;
 }
 
+/// An interface for receiving ScriptMsg values in an event loop. Used for synchronous DOM
+/// APIs that need to abstract over multiple kinds of event loops (worker/main thread) with
+/// different Receiver interfaces.
 pub trait ScriptPort {
     fn recv(&self) -> ScriptMsg;
 }