diff --git a/internal/home/clients.go b/internal/home/clients.go
index b505bf5fd4d..ef1a11a7880 100644
--- a/internal/home/clients.go
+++ b/internal/home/clients.go
@@ -932,10 +932,11 @@ func (clients *clientsContainer) updateFromDHCP(add bool) {
 	log.Debug("clients: added %d client aliases from dhcp", n)
 }
 
-// Close implements the [io.Closer] interface for *clientsContainer.
+// Close gracefully closes all the client-specific upstream configurations of
+// the persistent clients.
 func (clients *clientsContainer) Close() (err error) {
 	persistent := maps.Values(clients.list)
-	slices.SortFunc(persistent, func(a, b *Client) bool { return a.Name < b.Name })
+	slices.SortFunc(persistent, func(a, b *Client) (less bool) { return a.Name < b.Name })
 
 	var errs []error