diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/scripting_require_test_2.lua b/libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/scripting_require_test_2.lua
index f0bd9d270424f..dbeaa479d2e73 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/scripting_require_test_2.lua
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/scripting_require_test_2.lua
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
 -- main require tests are in scripting_test.lua
 
--- DO NOT EDIT!!!! it's very easy to make this accidentally pass even when the
--- original problem is still present!! we do some very careful work to check
--- that require works even when the function's first upvalue is not the script
--- environment.
+-- CAREFUL WHEN EDITING!!!! we do some very careful work to check that require
+-- works even when the update function's first upvalue is not the script
+-- environment _ENV. this fact can be verified by looking at its upvalues using
+-- e.g. https://www.luac.nl/
 
 local loop_time = 500 -- number of ms between runs
 
--- need to shadow gcs to make the upvalues right
+-- alias global gcs as a local so update uses it as an upvalue
 local gcs = gcs -- luacheck: ignore
 
 local passes = 0 -- run both before and after scheduling
 
+-- this time running require, the main function that implicitly wraps the script
+-- is the update function and its only upvalue is by definition _ENV; require
+-- is expected to work here
 local require_global = require("test/nested")
 
 local function update()
-   -- need to send before requiring to make the upvalues right
+  -- reference gcs first so it's update's first upvalue
   gcs:send_text(6, "testing")
-  local require_local = require("test/nested") -- should not crash
+  -- require is a global, so referencing it implicitly adds _ENV as update's
+  -- second upvalue, thus exercising the problem during the second and third
+  -- passes when this is in fact the update function
+  local require_local = require("test/nested") -- should not cause an error
 
   -- validate we got the same object (object contents validated in main test)
+  -- no matter when require is called and what set of upvalues are used
   if require_local == require_global then
     passes = passes + 1
   else
@@ -29,7 +36,11 @@ local function update()
     gcs:send_text(3, "Require test 2 passed")
   end
 
+  -- now schedule this function as the update function, not the main function
   return update, loop_time
 end
 
-return update() -- run immediately before starting to reschedule
+-- run immediately before starting to reschedule. the update function doesn't
+-- change until the return, so the first time it's run the bug shouldn't trigger
+-- as the main function's upvalues are still the ones checked
+return update()