diff --git a/agent/config/runtime.go b/agent/config/runtime.go
index 20924d7ce4..8f1549e551 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime.go
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// Datacenter is exposed via /v1/agent/self from here and
 	// used in lots of places like CLI commands. Treat this as an interface
 	// that must be stable.
-	// todo(fs): do we need this warning? RuntimeConfig was meant to be refactorable.
 	//
 	// hcl: datacenter = string
 	// flag: -datacenter string
@@ -467,7 +466,6 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// NodeName is exposed via /v1/agent/self from here and
 	// used in lots of places like CLI commands. Treat this as an interface
 	// that must be stable.
-	// todo(fs): do we need this warning? RuntimeConfig was meant to be refactorable.
 	//
 	// hcl: node_name = string
 	// flag: -node string
@@ -508,8 +506,11 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// flag: -bootstrap
 	Bootstrap bool
 
-	// BootstrapExpect tries to automatically bootstrap the Consul cluster,
-	// by withholding peers until enough servers join.
+	// BootstrapExpect tries to automatically bootstrap the Consul cluster, by
+	// having servers wait to bootstrap until enough servers join, and then
+	// performing the bootstrap process automatically. They will disable their
+	// automatic bootstrap process if they detect any servers that are part of
+	// an existing cluster, so it's safe to leave this set to a non-zero value.
 	//
 	// hcl: bootstrap_expect = int
 	// flag: -bootstrap-expect=int