diff --git a/contrib/mesos/docs/scheduler.monopic b/contrib/mesos/docs/scheduler.monopic
index 7d6506184ee..f29ac1cea55 100644
Binary files a/contrib/mesos/docs/scheduler.monopic and b/contrib/mesos/docs/scheduler.monopic differ
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/components/scheduler.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/components/scheduler.go
index 39671b85f83..219114b1eb7 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/components/scheduler.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/components/scheduler.go
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ func New(c *config.Config, fw framework.Framework, ps podschedulers.PodScheduler
 	}
 
 	// Watch and queue pods that need scheduling.
-	updates := make(chan queue.Entry, c.UpdatesBacklog)
-	podUpdates := &podStoreAdapter{queue.NewHistorical(updates)}
+	podUpdatesBypass := make(chan queue.Entry, c.UpdatesBacklog)
+	podUpdates := &podStoreAdapter{queue.NewHistorical(podUpdatesBypass)}
 	reflector := cache.NewReflector(lw, &api.Pod{}, podUpdates, 0)
 
 	q := queuer.New(queue.NewDelayFIFO(), podUpdates)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func New(c *config.Config, fw framework.Framework, ps podschedulers.PodScheduler
 
 	runtime.On(startLatch, func() {
 		reflector.Run() // TODO(jdef) should listen for termination
-		podDeleter.Run(updates, terminate)
+		podDeleter.Run(podUpdatesBypass, terminate)
 		q.Run(terminate)
 
 		q.InstallDebugHandlers(mux)
diff --git a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/doc.go b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/doc.go
index df6f15171cf..1fc5d2a162c 100644
--- a/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/doc.go
+++ b/contrib/mesos/pkg/scheduler/doc.go
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ package scheduler
 
 // Created from contrib/mesos/docs/scheduler.monopic:
 //
-//
 //                     ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 //                     │                ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐            ┌─┴──────────────────────┐             ┌───────────────┐
-//               ┌─────▼─────┐          │Queuer                                 │  Await()   │       podUpdates       │             │               │
-//               │  updates  │          │- Yield() *api.Pod                     ├──pod CRUD ─▶ (queue.HistoricalFIFO) ◀──reflector──▶pods ListWatch ├──apiserver──▶
-//               └─────▲─────┘          │- Requeue(pod)/Dequeue(id)/Reoffer(pod)│   events   │                        │             │               │
+//            ┌────────▼─────────┐      │Queuer                                 │  Await()   │       podUpdates       │             │               │
+//            │ podUpdatesBypass │      │- Yield() *api.Pod                     ├──pod CRUD ─▶ (queue.HistoricalFIFO) ◀──reflector──▶pods ListWatch ├──apiserver──▶
+//            └────────▲─────────┘      │- Requeue(pod)/Dequeue(id)/Reoffer(pod)│   events   │                        │             │               │
 //                     │                └───────────────────▲───────────────────┘            └───────────┬────────────┘             └───────────────┘
 //                     │                                    │                                            │
 //                     │                                    │                                            │