diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_range_lease.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_range_lease.go
index f16d8a947e1e..61ea29dc3c14 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_range_lease.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/replica_range_lease.go
@@ -750,23 +750,21 @@ func (r *Replica) requestLeaseLocked(
 		ctx, repDesc, status, r.mu.state.Desc.StartKey.AsRawKey(), false /* transfer */)
 }
 
-// AdminTransferLease transfers the LeaderLease to another replica. A
-// valid LeaseStatus must be supplied. Only the current holder of the
-// LeaderLease can do a transfer, because it needs to stop serving
-// reads and proposing Raft commands (CPut is a read) after sending
-// the transfer command. If it did not stop serving reads immediately,
-// it would potentially serve reads with timestamps greater than the
-// start timestamp of the new (transferred) lease. More subtly, the
-// replica can't even serve reads or propose commands with timestamps
-// lower than the start of the new lease because it could lead to read
-// your own write violations (see comments on the stasis period in
-// IsLeaseValid). We could, in principle, serve reads more than the
-// maximum clock offset in the past.
+// AdminTransferLease transfers the LeaderLease to another replica. Only the
+// current holder of the LeaderLease can do a transfer, because it needs to stop
+// serving reads and proposing Raft commands (CPut is a read) after sending the
+// transfer command. If it did not stop serving reads immediately, it would
+// potentially serve reads with timestamps greater than the start timestamp of
+// the new (transferred) lease. More subtly, the replica can't even serve reads
+// or propose commands with timestamps lower than the start of the new lease
+// because it could lead to read your own write violations (see comments on the
+// stasis period in IsLeaseValid). We could, in principle, serve reads more than
+// the maximum clock offset in the past.
 //
 // The method waits for any in-progress lease extension to be done, and it also
-// blocks until the transfer is done. If a transfer is already in progress,
-// this method joins in waiting for it to complete if it's transferring to the
-// same replica. Otherwise, a NotLeaseHolderError is returned.
+// blocks until the transfer is done. If a transfer is already in progress, this
+// method joins in waiting for it to complete if it's transferring to the same
+// replica. Otherwise, a NotLeaseHolderError is returned.
 func (r *Replica) AdminTransferLease(ctx context.Context, target roachpb.StoreID) error {
 	// initTransferHelper inits a transfer if no extension is in progress.
 	// It returns a channel for waiting for the result of a pending