diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/reexec/manager.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/reexec/manager.go
index 70d34d83a45..4662b1c6230 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/reexec/manager.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/application/reexec/manager.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type manager struct {
 	complete chan bool
 }
 
+// NewManager returns the reexec manager.
 func NewManager(log *logger.Logger, exec string) ExecManager {
 	return &manager{
 		logger:   log,