diff --git a/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/blockfile.rs b/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/blockfile.rs
index 006ef83fcb8..6a5c2fc296d 100644
--- a/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/blockfile.rs
+++ b/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/blockfile.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub(super) const MAX_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 16384;
 
+/// ArrowBlockfile is a blockfile implementation that uses Apache Arrow for the block storage.
+/// It stores a sparse index over a set of blocks sorted by key.
+/// It uses a block provider to create new blocks and to retrieve existing blocks.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct ArrowBlockfile {
     key_type: KeyType,
@@ -21,24 +24,31 @@ pub(crate) struct ArrowBlockfile {
     transaction_state: Option<Arc<TransactionState>>,
 }
 
+/// TransactionState is a helper struct to keep track of the state of a transaction.
+/// It keeps a list of block deltas that are applied during the transaction and the new
+/// sparse index that is created during the transaction. The sparse index is immutable
+/// so we can replace the sparse index of the blockfile with the new sparse index after
+/// the transaction is committed.
 struct TransactionState {
     block_delta: Mutex<Vec<BlockDelta>>,
-    new_sparse_index: Mutex<Option<Arc<Mutex<SparseIndex>>>>,
+    sparse_index: Mutex<Option<Arc<Mutex<SparseIndex>>>>,
 }
 
 impl TransactionState {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             block_delta: Mutex::new(Vec::new()),
-            new_sparse_index: Mutex::new(None),
+            sparse_index: Mutex::new(None),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Add a new block delta to the transaction state
     fn add_delta(&self, delta: BlockDelta) {
         let mut block_delta = self.block_delta.lock();
         block_delta.push(delta);
     }
 
+    /// Get the block delta for a specific block id
     fn get_delta_for_block(&self, search_id: &Uuid) -> Option<BlockDelta> {
         let block_delta = self.block_delta.lock();
         for delta in &*block_delta {
@@ -187,12 +197,15 @@ impl Blockfile for ArrowBlockfile {
             Some(transaction_state) => transaction_state,
         };
 
-        let mut transaction_sparse_index = transaction_state.new_sparse_index.lock();
+        // Get the target block id for the key
+        let mut transaction_sparse_index = transaction_state.sparse_index.lock();
         let target_block_id = match *transaction_sparse_index {
             None => self.sparse_index.lock().get_target_block_id(&key),
             Some(ref index) => index.lock().get_target_block_id(&key),
         };
 
+        // See if a delta for the target block already exists, if not create a new one and add it to the transaction state
+        // Creating a delta loads the block entirely into memory
         let delta = match transaction_state.get_delta_for_block(&target_block_id) {
             None => {
                 let target_block = match self.block_provider.get_block(&target_block_id) {
@@ -206,6 +219,8 @@ impl Blockfile for ArrowBlockfile {
             Some(delta) => delta,
         };
 
+        // Check if we can add to the the delta without pushing the block over the max size.
+        // If we can't, we need to split the block and create a new delta
         if delta.can_add(&key, &value) {
             delta.add(key, value);
         } else {
@@ -227,6 +242,7 @@ impl Blockfile for ArrowBlockfile {
             }
             transaction_state.add_delta(new_delta);
             drop(transaction_sparse_index);
+            // Recursive call to add to the new appropriate delta
             self.set(key, value)?
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -299,7 +315,7 @@ impl Blockfile for ArrowBlockfile {
                         None => return Err(Box::new(ArrowBlockfileError::NoSplitKeyFound)),
                         Some(key) => key,
                     };
-                    let mut transaction_sparse_index = transaction_state.new_sparse_index.lock();
+                    let mut transaction_sparse_index = transaction_state.sparse_index.lock();
                     match *transaction_sparse_index {
                         None => {
                             let new_sparse_index =
@@ -330,7 +346,7 @@ impl Blockfile for ArrowBlockfile {
         }
 
         // update the sparse index
-        let mut transaction_state_sparse_index = transaction_state.new_sparse_index.lock();
+        let mut transaction_state_sparse_index = transaction_state.sparse_index.lock();
         if transaction_state_sparse_index.is_some() {
             self.sparse_index = transaction_state_sparse_index.take().unwrap();
             // unwrap is safe because we just checked it
diff --git a/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/sparse_index.rs b/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/sparse_index.rs
index 8c2a423e107..134252614ec 100644
--- a/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/sparse_index.rs
+++ b/rust/worker/src/blockstore/arrow_blockfile/sparse_index.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ impl Ord for SparseIndexDelimiter {
 /// - `replace_block` - Replace an existing block with a new one
 /// - `len` - Get the number of blocks in the sparse index
 /// - `is_valid` - Check if the sparse index is valid, useful for debugging and testing
-#[derive(Clone)] // TODO: remove this clone
 pub(super) struct SparseIndex {
     forward: BTreeMap<SparseIndexDelimiter, Uuid>,
     reverse: HashMap<Uuid, SparseIndexDelimiter>,