diff --git a/koji/util.py b/koji/util.py
index 947ed18e..31c32ba5 100644
--- a/koji/util.py
+++ b/koji/util.py
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def rmtree(path, logger=None, background=False):
 
     def _rmtree_check():
         if not background:
-            # caller will wait
+            # caller will wait in background case
             _pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
         try:
             SimpleProxyLogger.send(logfile, logger)
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def rmtree(path, logger=None, background=False):
         except Exception:
             pass
         if not background:
-            # caller should check status
+            # caller should check status in background case
             if not isSuccess(status):
                 raise koji.GenericError(parseStatus(status, "rmtree process"))
         if os.path.exists(path):
diff --git a/tests/test_lib/test_utils.py b/tests/test_lib/test_utils.py
index 7acfc5a2..7552797c 100644
--- a/tests/test_lib/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_lib/test_utils.py
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ class TestRmtree2(unittest.TestCase):
         koji.util.rmtree(dirname)
 
     def test_rmtree_notadir(self):
-        # should not error if already removed
+        # should error if not a directory
         fname = '%s/hello.txt' % self.tempdir
         with open(fname, 'wt') as fo:
             fo.write('hello\n')