diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/best.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/best.rs
index fa40d3d34a..52c0e26f97 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/best.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/best.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,23 @@ use std::{
 };
 use tracing::debug;
 
-/// An iterator that returns transactions that can be executed on the current state.
+/// An iterator that returns transactions that can be executed on the current state (*best*
+/// transactions).
+///
+/// The [`PendingPool`] contains transactions that *could* all be executed on the current state, but
+/// only yields transactions that are ready to be executed now.
+/// While it contains all gapless transactions of a sender, it _always_ only returns the transaction
+/// with the current on chain nonce.
 pub struct BestTransactions<T: TransactionOrdering> {
+    /// Contains a copy of _all_ transactions of the pending pool at the point in time this
+    /// iterator was created.
     pub(crate) all: BTreeMap<TransactionId, Arc<PendingTransaction<T>>>,
+    /// Transactions that can be executed right away: these have the expected nonce.
+    ///
+    /// Once an `independent` transaction with the nonce `N` is returned, it unlocks `N+1`, which
+    /// then can be moved from the `all` set to the `independent` set.
     pub(crate) independent: BTreeSet<PendingTransactionRef<T>>,
+    /// There might be the case where a yielded transactions is invalid, this will track it.
     pub(crate) invalid: HashSet<TxHash>,
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +48,7 @@ impl<T: TransactionOrdering> Iterator for BestTransactions<T> {
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         loop {
+            // Remove the next independent tx with the highest priority
             let best = self.independent.iter().next_back()?.clone();
             let best = self.independent.take(&best)?;
             let hash = best.transaction.hash();
@@ -58,3 +72,62 @@ impl<T: TransactionOrdering> Iterator for BestTransactions<T> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::{
+        pool::pending::PendingPool,
+        test_util::{MockOrdering, MockTransaction, MockTransactionFactory},
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_best_iter() {
+        let mut pool = PendingPool::new(Arc::new(MockOrdering::default()));
+        let mut f = MockTransactionFactory::default();
+
+        let num_tx = 10;
+        // insert 10 gapless tx
+        let tx = MockTransaction::eip1559();
+        for nonce in 0..num_tx {
+            let tx = tx.clone().rng_hash().with_nonce(nonce);
+            let valid_tx = f.validated(tx);
+            pool.add_transaction(Arc::new(valid_tx));
+        }
+
+        let mut best = pool.best();
+        assert_eq!(best.all.len(), num_tx as usize);
+        assert_eq!(best.independent.len(), 1);
+
+        // check tx are returned in order
+        for nonce in 0..num_tx {
+            assert_eq!(best.independent.len(), 1);
+            let tx = best.next().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(tx.nonce(), nonce);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_best_iter_invalid() {
+        let mut pool = PendingPool::new(Arc::new(MockOrdering::default()));
+        let mut f = MockTransactionFactory::default();
+
+        let num_tx = 10;
+        // insert 10 gapless tx
+        let tx = MockTransaction::eip1559();
+        for nonce in 0..num_tx {
+            let tx = tx.clone().rng_hash().with_nonce(nonce);
+            let valid_tx = f.validated(tx);
+            pool.add_transaction(Arc::new(valid_tx));
+        }
+
+        let mut best = pool.best();
+
+        // mark the first tx as invalid
+        let invalid = best.independent.iter().next().unwrap();
+        best.mark_invalid(&invalid.transaction.clone());
+
+        // iterator is empty
+        assert!(best.next().is_none());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/pending.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/pending.rs
index e1bff4c5e9..5b99a12faa 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/pending.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/pending.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
-/// A pool of validated and gapless transactions that are ready on the current state and are waiting
-/// to be included in a block.
+/// A pool of validated and gapless transactions that are ready to be executed on the current state
+/// and are waiting to be included in a block.
+///
+/// This pool distinguishes between `independent` transactions and pending transactions. A
+/// transaction is `independent`, if it is in the pending pool, and it has the current on chain
+/// nonce of the sender. Meaning `independent` transactions can be executed right away, other
+/// pending transactions depend on at least one `independent` transaction.
+///
+/// Once an `independent` transaction was executed it *unlocks* the next nonce, if this transaction
+/// is also pending, then this will be moved to the `independent` queue.
 pub(crate) struct PendingPool<T: TransactionOrdering> {
     /// How to order transactions.
     ordering: Arc<T>,