diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
index 4a532968..2c0ee381 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ type LeaderElector struct {
 	name string
 }
 
-// Run starts the leader election loop
+// Run starts the leader election loop. Run will not return
+// before leader election loop is stopped by ctx or it has
+// stopped holding the leader lease
 func (le *LeaderElector) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer runtime.HandleCrash()
 	defer func() {
@@ -210,7 +212,8 @@ func (le *LeaderElector) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 // RunOrDie starts a client with the provided config or panics if the config
-// fails to validate.
+// fails to validate. RunOrDie blocks until leader election loop is
+// stopped by ctx or it has stopped holding the leader lease
 func RunOrDie(ctx context.Context, lec LeaderElectionConfig) {
 	le, err := NewLeaderElector(lec)
 	if err != nil {