diff --git a/pkg/tfbridge/schema.go b/pkg/tfbridge/schema.go
index 5c234fdef..50bfbad1d 100644
--- a/pkg/tfbridge/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/tfbridge/schema.go
@@ -393,6 +393,15 @@ func MakeTerraformAttributesFromRPC(res *PulumiResource, m *pbstruct.Struct,
 	return MakeTerraformAttributes(res, props, tfs, ps, defaults)
 }
 
+// flattenValue takes a single value and recursively flattens its properties into the given string -> string map under
+// the provided prefix. It expects that the value has been "schema-fied" by being read out of a schema.FieldReader (in
+// particular, all sets *must* be represented as schema.Set values). The flattened value may then be used as the value
+// of a terraform.InstanceState.Attributes field.
+//
+// Note that this duplicates much of the logic in TF's schema.MapFieldWriter. Ideally, we would just use that type,
+// but there are various API/implementation challenges that preclude that option. The most worrying (and potentially
+// fragile) piece of duplication is the code that calculates a set member's hash code; see the code under
+// `case *schema.Set`.
 func flattenValue(result map[string]string, prefix string, value interface{}) {
 	if value == nil {
 		return
@@ -423,6 +432,8 @@ func flattenValue(result map[string]string, prefix string, value interface{}) {
 		// Flatten each element.
 		setList := t.List()
 		for _, elem := range setList {
+			// Note that the logic below is duplicated from `scheme.Set.hash`. If that logic ever changes, this will
+			// need to change in kind.
 			code := t.F(elem)
 			if code < 0 {
 				code = -code
@@ -449,11 +460,16 @@ func flattenValue(result map[string]string, prefix string, value interface{}) {
 func MakeTerraformAttributesFromInputs(inputs map[string]interface{},
 	tfs map[string]*schema.Schema) (map[string]string, error) {
 
+	// In order to flatten the TF inputs into a TF attribute map, we must first schema-ify them by reading them out of
+	// a FieldReader. The most straightforward way to do this is to turn the inputs into a TF config.Config value and
+	// use the same to create a schema.ConfigFieldReader.
 	cfg, err := MakeTerraformConfigFromInputs(inputs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Read each top-level value out of the config we created above using a ConfigFieldReader and recursively flatten
+	// them into their TF attribute form. The result is our set of TF attributes.
 	result := make(map[string]string)
 	reader := &schema.ConfigFieldReader{Config: cfg, Schema: tfs}
 	for k := range inputs {