diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 37f946dfed6..d1fb61d8aa0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -95,12 +95,20 @@ func (gc *GenericController) Watch(obj metav1.Object, p ...predicates.Predicate)
 		eventhandlers.MapAndEnqueue{Map: eventhandlers.MapToSelf, Predicates: p})
 }
 
-// WatchControllerOf watches for events for objects matching obj's type and enqueues events for the
-// controller of the object if the controller UID matches the ownerref UID.
-// Will walk the owners references looking up the controller using the path function and comparing the UID of
-// the object to the ownersref UID.
-// e.g. if obj was a Pod and the path contained lookup functions for ReplicaSet, Deployment, Foo it would walk
-// Pod -> (controller) ReplicaSet -> (controller) Deployment -> (controller) Foo and reconcile Foo only.
+// WatchControllerOf reconciles the controller of the object type being watched.  e.g. If the
+// controller created a Pod, watch the Pod for events and invoke the controller reconcile function.
+// Uses path to lookup the ancestors.  Will lookup each ancestor in the path until it gets to the
+// root and then reconcile this key.
+//
+// Example: Deployment controller creates a ReplicaSet.  ReplicaSet controller creates a Pod.  Deployment
+// controller wants to have its reconcile method called for Pod events for any Pods it created (transitively).
+// - Pod event occurs - find owners references
+// - Lookup the Pod parent ReplicaSet by using the first path element (compare UID to ref)
+// - Lookup the ReplicaSet parent Deployment by using the second path element (compare UID to ref)
+// - Enqueue reconcile for Deployment namespace/name
+//
+// This could be implemented as:
+// WatchControllerOf(&corev1.Pod, eventhandlers.Path{FnToLookupReplicaSetByNamespaceName, FnToLookupDeploymentByNamespaceName })
 func (gc *GenericController) WatchControllerOf(obj metav1.Object, path eventhandlers.Path,
 	p ...predicates.Predicate) error {
 	gc.once.Do(gc.init)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/example_watchandhandleevents_test.go b/pkg/controller/example_watchandhandleevents_test.go
index 9146b631ac5..22499e063e5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/example_watchandhandleevents_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/example_watchandhandleevents_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 )
 
-func ExampleGenericController_WatchAndHandleEvents() {
+func ExampleGenericController_WatchEvents() {
 	// One time setup for program
 	flag.Parse()
 	informerFactory := config.GetKubernetesInformersOrDie()
diff --git a/pkg/controller/example_watchandmap_test.go b/pkg/controller/example_watchandmap_test.go
index 84d9fe529be..60c5aee8192 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/example_watchandmap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/example_watchandmap_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
-func ExampleGenericController_WatchAndMap() {
+func ExampleGenericController_WatchTransformationOf() {
 	// One time setup for program
 	flag.Parse()
 	informerFactory := config.GetKubernetesInformersOrDie()
diff --git a/pkg/controller/example_watchandmaptocontroller_test.go b/pkg/controller/example_watchandmaptocontroller_test.go
index 55c994a395a..191193d8b43 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/example_watchandmaptocontroller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/example_watchandmaptocontroller_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
-func ExampleGenericController_WatchAndMapToController() {
+func ExampleGenericController_WatchControllerOf() {
 	// One time setup for program
 	flag.Parse()
 	informerFactory := config.GetKubernetesInformersOrDie()