diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index b0169b99b3..5f5ec33eae 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ func (n *Node) apis() []rpc.API {
 	}
 }
 
+// RegisterApisFromWhitelist checks the given modules' availability, generates a whitelist based on the allowed modules,
+// and then registers all of the APIs exposed by the services.
 func RegisterApisFromWhitelist(apis []rpc.API, modules []string, srv *rpc.Server) error {
 	if bad, available := rpc.CheckModuleAvailability(modules, apis); len(bad) > 0 {
 		log.Error("Unavailable modules in HTTP API list", "unavailable", bad, "available", available)
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index 3c40031537..96407625b8 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ func newGzipHandler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
+// NewWebsocketUpgradeHandler returns a websocket handler that serves an incoming request only if it contains an upgrade
+// request to the websocket protocol. If not, serves the the request with the http handler.
 func NewWebsocketUpgradeHandler(h http.Handler, ws http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if isWebsocket(r) {
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ func NewWebsocketUpgradeHandler(h http.Handler, ws http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
+// isWebsocket checks the header of an http request for a websocket upgrade request.
 func isWebsocket(r *http.Request) bool {
 	return strings.ToLower(r.Header.Get("Upgrade")) == "websocket" &&
 		strings.ToLower(r.Header.Get("Connection")) == "upgrade"
diff --git a/rpc/websocket.go b/rpc/websocket.go
index b49553c160..b7ec56c6a6 100644
--- a/rpc/websocket.go
+++ b/rpc/websocket.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ func (s *Server) WebsocketHandler(allowedOrigins []string) http.Handler {
 			log.Debug("WebSocket upgrade failed", "err", err)
 			return
 		}
-
 		codec := newWebsocketCodec(conn)
 		s.ServeCodec(codec, 0)
 	})