diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/interface.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/interface.go
index c989ccc9fab..5e573bf8f21 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/interface.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/fairqueuing/interface.go
@@ -66,16 +66,17 @@ type QueueSet interface {
 	IsIdle() bool
 
 	// StartRequest begins the process of handling a request.  If the
-	// request gets queued and the number of queues is greater than
-	// 1 then Wait uses the given hashValue as the source of entropy
-	// as it shuffle-shards the request into a queue.  The descr1 and
-	// descr2 values play no role in the logic but appear in log
-	// messages.  This method always returns quickly (without waiting
-	// for the request to be dequeued).  If this method returns a nil
-	// Request value then caller should reject the request and the
-	// returned bool indicates whether the QueueSet was idle at the
-	// moment of the return.  Otherwise idle==false and the client
-	// must call the Wait method of the Request exactly once.
+	// request gets queued and the number of queues is greater than 1
+	// then StartRequest uses the given hashValue as the source of
+	// entropy as it shuffle-shards the request into a queue.  The
+	// descr1 and descr2 values play no role in the logic but appear
+	// in log messages.  This method always returns quickly (without
+	// waiting for the request to be dequeued).  If this method
+	// returns a nil Request value then caller should reject the
+	// request and the returned bool indicates whether the QueueSet
+	// was idle at the moment of the return.  Otherwise idle==false
+	// and the client must call the Finish method of the Request
+	// exactly once.
 	StartRequest(ctx context.Context, hashValue uint64, fsName string, descr1, descr2 interface{}) (req Request, idle bool)
 }
 
@@ -116,10 +117,3 @@ type DispatchingConfig struct {
 	// ConcurrencyLimit is the maximum number of requests of this QueueSet that may be executing at a time
 	ConcurrencyLimit int
 }
-
-// EmptyHandler is used to notify the callee when all the queues
-// of a QueueSet have been drained.
-type EmptyHandler interface {
-	// HandleEmpty is called to deliver the notification
-	HandleEmpty()
-}