diff --git a/app/workers/background_migration_worker.rb b/app/workers/background_migration_worker.rb
index 17aa43856c01311ef321c3e4caae0567d1b790e4..70c4ad537264b4d89b47a223b5be10ae4f8d6e75 100644
--- a/app/workers/background_migration_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/background_migration_worker.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ def perform_and_ttl(class_name, attempts_left)
 
     database_unhealthy_counter.increment if lease_obtained && !healthy_db
 
-    # If we've tried several times to get a lease with a healthy DB without success, just give up.
-    # Otherwise we could end up in an infinite rescheduling loop.
+    # When the DB is unhealthy or the lease can't be obtained after several tries,
+    # then give up on the job and log a warning. Otherwise we could end up in
+    # an infinite rescheduling loop. Jobs can be tracked in the database with the
+    # use of Gitlab::Database::BackgroundMigrationJob
     if !perform && attempts_left < 0
       msg = if !lease_obtained
               'Job could not get an exclusive lease after several tries. Giving up.'