diff --git a/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.cc b/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.cc
index 702c484bcf..b6adddfa6a 100644
--- a/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.cc
+++ b/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.cc
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void TraceLite::addUserNoteBracketedBeginTime(
 
   vt_debug_print(
     normal, trace,
-    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedBeginTime: begin={}, note={}, event={}\n",
+    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedBegin: begin={}, note={}, event={}\n",
     begin, note, event
   );
 
@@ -336,11 +336,10 @@ void TraceLite::addUserNoteBracketedEndTime(TraceEventIDType const event) {
 
   vt_debug_print(
     normal, trace,
-    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedEndTime: end={}, event={}\n",
+    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedEnd: end={}, event={}\n",
     end, event
   );
 
-  // Fixup end time of the note
   if (event != no_trace_event) {
     updateNoteEndTime(event, end, nullptr);
   }
@@ -356,11 +355,10 @@ void TraceLite::addUserNoteBracketedEndTime(
 
   vt_debug_print(
     normal, trace,
-    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedEndTime: end={}, new_note={}, event={}\n",
+    "Trace::addUserNoteBracketedEnd: end={}, new_note={}, event={}\n",
     end, new_note, event
   );
 
-  // Fixup end time of the note
   if (event != no_trace_event) {
     updateNoteEndTime(event, end, &new_note);
   }
diff --git a/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.h b/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.h
index 48c9d2683a..e5b7ff54d9 100644
--- a/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.h
+++ b/src/vt/trace/trace_lite.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ struct TraceLite  {
   void disableTracing();
 
   /**
-   * \brief Log a bracketed user event with begin time
+   * \brief Log the start of the bracketed user event
    *
    * \param[in] event the ID for the sts file
    * \param[in] begin the begin time
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct TraceLite  {
   void addUserEventBracketedBeginTime(UserEventIDType event, TimeType begin);
 
   /**
-   * \brief Log a bracketed user event with end time
+   * \brief Log the end of the bracketed user event
    *
    * \param[in] event the ID for the sts file
    * \param[in] end the end time
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ struct TraceLite  {
   void addUserEventBracketedEndTime(UserEventIDType event, TimeType end);
 
   /**
-   * \brief Log a user bracketed event with a note
+   * \brief Log the start of the bracketed user event with a note
    *
    * \note See \c TraceScopedNote for a safer scope-based logging mechanism for
    * bracketed user events with a note.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct TraceLite  {
   );
 
   /**
-   * \brief Log a user bracketed event with a note
+   * \brief Log the end of the bracketed user event with a note
    *
    * \note See \c TraceScopedNote for a safer scope-based logging mechanism for
    * bracketed user events with a note.
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ struct TraceLite  {
   void addUserNoteBracketedEndTime(TraceEventIDType const event);
 
   /**
-   * \brief Log a user bracketed event with a note
+   * \brief Log the end of the bracketed user event with a note
    *
    * \note See \c TraceScopedNote for a safer scope-based logging mechanism for
    * bracketed user events with a note.
diff --git a/src/vt/trace/trace_user.cc b/src/vt/trace/trace_user.cc
index 0cb39fd8d5..325c4784ab 100644
--- a/src/vt/trace/trace_user.cc
+++ b/src/vt/trace/trace_user.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void addUserNotePre(
   [[maybe_unused]] TraceEventIDType const in_event
 ) {
 #if vt_check_enabled(trace_enabled)
-  if (in_event != no_user_event_id) {
+  if (in_event != no_trace_event) {
     theTrace()->addUserNoteBracketedBeginTime(in_event, in_note);
   }
 #endif
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void addUserNoteEpi(
   [[maybe_unused]] TraceEventIDType const in_event
 ) {
 #if vt_check_enabled(trace_enabled)
-  if (in_event != no_user_event_id) {
+  if (in_event != no_trace_event) {
     theTrace()->addUserNoteBracketedEndTime(in_event, in_note);
   }
 #endif