diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/util/insertionRemovalBehaviors/getSmartRemovalTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/util/insertionRemovalBehaviors/getSmartRemovalTarget.ts
index eced2b5884..a74c223c83 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/util/insertionRemovalBehaviors/getSmartRemovalTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/util/insertionRemovalBehaviors/getSmartRemovalTarget.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export function getSmartRemovalTarget(target: Target): Target {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether the given content range is a series of line(s) that do not have preceding
+ * or trailing content (whitespace is OK).
+ */
 function isLine(document: TextDocument, contentRange: Range): boolean {
   const start = document.lineAt(contentRange.start).rangeTrimmed?.start;
   const end = document.lineAt(contentRange.end).rangeTrimmed?.end;