diff --git a/helper/stats/cpu.go b/helper/stats/cpu.go
index 5f2623047..c19bff84e 100644
--- a/helper/stats/cpu.go
+++ b/helper/stats/cpu.go
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// We use this constant to override the built in 3 second timeout in gopsutil
+	// cpuInfoTimeout is the timeout used when gathering CPU info. This is used
+	// to override the default timeout in gopsutil which has a tendency to
+	// timeout on Windows.
 	cpuInfoTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ func Init() error {
 
 		var cpuInfo []cpu.InfoStat
 		ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), cpuInfoTimeout)
-
 		if cpuInfo, err = cpu.InfoWithContext(ctx); err != nil {
 			merrs = multierror.Append(merrs, fmt.Errorf("Unable to obtain CPU information: %v", initErr))
 		}