diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
index d0e6a11..80c4d11 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
         };
 
         WidgetManager.prototype.get_model = function (model_id) {
+            // Look-up a model instance by its id.
             var model = this._models[model_id];
             if (model !== undefined && model.id == model_id) {
                 return model;
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@
         };
 
         WidgetManager.prototype._handle_comm_open = function (comm, msg) {
+            // Handle when a comm is opened.
             var model_id = comm.comm_id;
             var widget_type_name = msg.content.target_name;
             var widget_model = new WidgetManager._model_types[widget_type_name](this, model_id, comm);
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
index a9d5c37..f4cf76a 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function(WidgetManager, Underscore, Backbone){
         },
 
         sync: function (method, model, options) {
+            // Handle sync to the back-end.  Called when a model.save() is called.
 
             // Make sure a comm exists.
             var error = options.error || function() {
@@ -315,7 +316,6 @@ function(WidgetManager, Underscore, Backbone){
         touch: function () {
             this.model.save_changes(this.callbacks());
         },
-
     });