diff --git a/internal/component/discovery/distributed_targets.go b/internal/component/discovery/distributed_targets.go
index dd1baac2d2..c0b2831b8d 100644
--- a/internal/component/discovery/distributed_targets.go
+++ b/internal/component/discovery/distributed_targets.go
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ func (dt *DistributedTargets) LocalTargets() []Target {
 	return dt.localTargets
 }
 
-// MovedToRemoteInstance returns targets that have been moved from this local node to another node, given the provided
-// previous targets distribution. If a target has simply disappeared, it will not be returned. Previous targets
-// distribution can be nil, in which case no targets will be returned.
+// MovedToRemoteInstance returns the set of local targets from prev
+// that are no longer local in dt, indicating an active target has moved.
+// Only targets which exist in both prev and dt are returned. If prev
+// contains an empty list of targets, no targets are returned.
 func (dt *DistributedTargets) MovedToRemoteInstance(prev *DistributedTargets) []Target {
 	if prev == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/internal/component/prometheus/scrape/scrape.go b/internal/component/prometheus/scrape/scrape.go
index 974146327e..4693d08959 100644
--- a/internal/component/prometheus/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/internal/component/prometheus/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -126,15 +126,15 @@ type Component struct {
 	opts    component.Options
 	cluster cluster.Cluster
 
-	reloadTargets chan struct{}
-
-	mut                 sync.RWMutex
-	args                Arguments
-	scraper             *scrape.Manager
-	appendable          *prometheus.Fanout
+	reloadTargets       chan struct{}
 	targetsGauge        client_prometheus.Gauge
 	movedTargetsCounter client_prometheus.Counter
 
+	mut        sync.RWMutex
+	args       Arguments
+	scraper    *scrape.Manager
+	appendable *prometheus.Fanout
+
 	dtMutex            sync.Mutex
 	distributedTargets *discovery.DistributedTargets
 }