diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/obsreport.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/obsreport.go
index 0836363bb74..87fc830e7fe 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/obsreport.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/obsreport.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func newInstruments(registry *metric.Registry) *instruments {
 	return insts
 }
 
-// obsExporter is a helper to add observability to a component.Exporter.
+// obsExporter is a helper to add observability to an exporter.
 type obsExporter struct {
 	*obsreport.Exporter
 	failedToEnqueueTraceSpansEntry   *metric.Int64CumulativeEntry
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_exporter.go b/obsreport/obsreport_exporter.go
index f80e0035402..3e6bb11fe78 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_exporter.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_exporter.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	exporterScope = scopeName + nameSep + exporterName
 )
 
-// Exporter is a helper to add observability to a component.Exporter.
+// Exporter is a helper to add observability to an exporter.
 type Exporter struct {
 	level          configtelemetry.Level
 	spanNamePrefix string
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go b/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
index 48f620d025b..4029bd8d251 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(configType, metric string) string {
 	return componentPrefix + configType + obsmetrics.NameSep + metric
 }
 
-// Processor is a helper to add observability to a component.Processor.
+// Processor is a helper to add observability to a processor.
 type Processor struct {
 	level    configtelemetry.Level
 	mutators []tag.Mutator
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_receiver.go b/obsreport/obsreport_receiver.go
index 09fd2a07381..7cb4682030a 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_receiver.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_receiver.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	receiverScope = scopeName + nameSep + receiverName
 )
 
-// Receiver is a helper to add observability to a receiver.Receiver.
+// Receiver is a helper to add observability to a receiver.
 type Receiver struct {
 	level          configtelemetry.Level
 	spanNamePrefix string
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_scraper.go b/obsreport/obsreport_scraper.go
index 4a2e2f0620c..3c88435b9f7 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_scraper.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_scraper.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var (
 	scraperScope = scopeName + nameSep + scraperName
 )
 
-// Scraper is a helper to add observability to a component.Scraper.
+// Scraper is a helper to add observability to a scraper.
 type Scraper struct {
 	level      configtelemetry.Level
 	receiverID component.ID