diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_editmesh_cache.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_editmesh_cache.hh
index 205a1f02b8d..bca9a0461f0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_editmesh_cache.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_editmesh_cache.hh
@@ -17,13 +17,26 @@ struct BMEditMesh;
 namespace blender::bke {
 
 struct EditMeshData {
-  /** when set, \a vertexNos, faceNos are lazy initialized */
+  /**
+   * Deformed positions calculated by modifiers in the modifier stack that can can process an
+   * edit mesh input. When this is not empty, the other arrays will depend on the values.
+   */
   Array<float3> vert_positions;
 
-  /** lazy initialize (when \a vert_positions is set) */
+  /**
+   * Lazily initialized vertex normal cache (used when `vert_positions` is set.
+   * Access via #BKE_editmesh_cache_ensure_vert_normals instead of directly.
+   */
   Array<float3> vert_normals;
+  /**
+   * Lazily initialized face normal cache (used when `vert_positions` is set.
+   * Access via #BKE_editmesh_cache_ensure_face_normals instead of directly.
+   */
   Array<float3> face_normals;
-  /** also lazy init but don't depend on \a vert_positions */
+  /**
+   * Cache of face centers, also depends on `vert_positions` when it is not empty.
+   * Access via #BKE_editmesh_cache_ensure_face_centers instead of directly.
+   */
   Array<float3> face_centers;
 };