diff --git a/framework/include/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.h b/framework/include/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.h
index 9c151926a9a0..4b582615c34a 100644
--- a/framework/include/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.h
+++ b/framework/include/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class RefineSidesetGenerator : public MeshGenerator
   /// Toggles whether neighboring level one elements should be refined or not. Defaults to true.
   const bool _enable_neighbor_refinement;
 
-  /// Side of the boundary to be refined
+  /// Side(s) of the boundary/boundaries to be refined. Can be either "primary"(just the boundary elements), "secondary"(just the neighboring elements), or "both."
   const MultiMooseEnum _boundary_side;
 
   /// The actual function refining the boundaries. This is done recursively in order to minimize the number of refinement iterations.
diff --git a/framework/src/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.C b/framework/src/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.C
index 46d02eda0c0e..9245cb3d4547 100644
--- a/framework/src/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.C
+++ b/framework/src/meshgenerators/RefineSidesetGenerator.C
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::validParams()
       true,
       "Toggles whether neighboring level one elements should be refined or not. Defaults to true");
   MultiMooseEnum boundary_side("primary secondary both", "both");
-  params.addParam<MultiMooseEnum>("boundary_side", boundary_side, "  ");
+  params.addParam<MultiMooseEnum>("boundary_side", boundary_side, "Whether the generator should refine itself(primary), its neighbors(secondary), or itself and its neighbors(both)");
 
   return params;
 }
@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::RefineSidesetGenerator(const InputParameters & parameter
     _boundary_side(getParam<MultiMooseEnum>("boundary_side"))
 {
 }
+
 std::unique_ptr<MeshBase>
 RefineSidesetGenerator::generate()
 {
-
   // Get the list of boundary ids from the boundary names
   const auto boundary_ids =
       MooseMeshUtils::getBoundaryIDs(*_input, getParam<std::vector<BoundaryName>>("boundaries"), true);
 
   // Check that the boundary ids/names exist in the mesh
-
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < boundary_ids.size(); ++i)
     if (boundary_ids[i] == Moose::INVALID_BOUNDARY_ID)
     {
@@ -67,8 +66,6 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::generate()
   
   std::unique_ptr<MeshBase> mesh = std::move(_input);
   int max = *std::max_element(_refinement.begin(), _refinement.end());
-
-  
   return recursive_refine(boundary_ids, mesh, _refinement, max);
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::recursive_refine(std::vector<boundary_id_type> boundary_
                                     int max,
                                     int ref_step)
 {
-
+//If the refinement step has reached the largest value in the _refinement array, return the mesh, as we are done.
   if (ref_step == max)
     return dynamic_pointer_cast<MeshBase>(mesh);
   mesh->prepare_for_use();
@@ -88,7 +85,6 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::recursive_refine(std::vector<boundary_id_type> boundary_
     if (refinement[i] > 0 && refinement[i] > ref_step)
     {
       BoundaryInfo boundInfo = mesh->get_boundary_info();
-      //declared up here to avoid weird typing bug
       std::vector< std::tuple< dof_id_type, unsigned short int, boundary_id_type > > sideList = boundInfo.build_active_side_list();
       for (std::tuple<dof_id_type, unsigned short int, boundary_id_type> tuple : sideList){
         if (std::get<2>(tuple) == boundary_ids[i]){
@@ -109,7 +105,6 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::recursive_refine(std::vector<boundary_id_type> boundary_
                   child_elem->set_refinement_flag(Elem::REFINE);
               }
             }
-
           }
         }
       }
@@ -119,7 +114,6 @@ RefineSidesetGenerator::recursive_refine(std::vector<boundary_id_type> boundary_
   if (!_enable_neighbor_refinement)
     refinedmesh.face_level_mismatch_limit() = 0;
   refinedmesh.refine_elements();
-
   ref_step++;
   return recursive_refine(boundary_ids, mesh, refinement, max, ref_step);
 }