diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/store/stats/ClientSocketStats.java b/src/java/voldemort/store/stats/ClientSocketStats.java
index 4b4b0128f4..d9f7584ce6 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/store/stats/ClientSocketStats.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/store/stats/ClientSocketStats.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ public class ClientSocketStats {
      */
     public ClientSocketStats(ClientSocketStats parent,
                              SocketDestination destination,
-                             QueuedKeyedResourcePool<SocketDestination, ClientRequestExecutor> pool, int jmxId) {
+                             QueuedKeyedResourcePool<SocketDestination, ClientRequestExecutor> pool,
+                             int jmxId) {
         this.parent = parent;
         this.statsMap = null;
         this.destination = destination;
@@ -243,13 +244,13 @@ public Histogram getCheckoutWaitUsHistogram() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return -1 if there have been no checkout invocations
+     * @return 0 if there have been no checkout invocations
      */
     public long getAvgCheckoutWaitUs() {
         long count = checkoutCount.get();
         if(count > 0)
             return totalCheckoutTimeUs.get() / count;
-        return -1;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     public Histogram getCheckoutQueueLengthHistogram() {
@@ -267,13 +268,13 @@ public Histogram getResourceRequestWaitUsHistogram() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return -1 if there have been no resourceRequest invocations
+     * @return 0 if there have been no resourceRequest invocations
      */
     public long getAvgResourceRequestWaitUs() {
         long count = resourceRequestCount.get();
         if(count > 0)
             return totalResourceRequestTimeUs.get() / count;
-        return -1;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     public Histogram getResourceRequestQueueLengthHistogram() {
diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/AsyncResourceRequest.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/AsyncResourceRequest.java
index 3f7cbc4c55..dc7921dbd6 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/AsyncResourceRequest.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/AsyncResourceRequest.java
@@ -17,25 +17,30 @@
 
 /**
  * Interface for asynchronous requests for resources. Exactly one of
- * useResource, handleTimeout, or handleException expected to be invoked within
- * deadline specified by getDeadlineNs.
+ * useResource, handleTimeout, or handleException expected to be invoked before,
+ * or soon after, deadline specified by getDeadlineNs. Ideally, useResource is
+ * only invoked before the deadline. Ideally, handleTimeout is invoked soon
+ * after the deadline. If owners of an object with this interface need to take
+ * action after some specified timeout, then the owner needs to set their own
+ * timer.
  */
 public interface AsyncResourceRequest<V> {
 
     /**
-     * To be invoked with resource to use.
+     * To be invoked with resource to use before deadline.
      * 
      * @param resource. resource should not be null.
      */
     void useResource(V resource);
 
     /**
-     * Invoked sometime after deadline.
+     * Invoked sometime (soon) after deadline.
      */
     void handleTimeout();
 
     /**
-     * Invoked upon exception trying to process resource request.
+     * Invoked upon exception trying to process resource request. Invoked before
+     * or (soon) after the deadline.
      * 
      * @param e
      */
diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/QueuedKeyedResourcePool.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/QueuedKeyedResourcePool.java
index 2d12f34722..8407fc748e 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/QueuedKeyedResourcePool.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/pool/QueuedKeyedResourcePool.java
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ public void registerResourceRequest(K key, AsyncResourceRequest<V> resourceReque
 
         Queue<AsyncResourceRequest<V>> requestQueue = getRequestQueueForKey(key);
         if(requestQueue.isEmpty()) {
-            // Attempt non-blocking checkout iff requestQueue is empty.
+            // Optimistically attempt non-blocking checkout iff requestQueue is
+            // empty.
             Pool<V> resourcePool = getResourcePoolForKey(key);
             try {
                 attemptGrow(key, resourcePool);
@@ -231,6 +232,10 @@ public void checkin(K key, V resource) throws Exception {
     protected void destroyRequest(AsyncResourceRequest<V> resourceRequest) {
         if(resourceRequest != null) {
             try {
+                // To hand control back to the owner of the
+                // AsyncResourceRequest, treat "destroy" as an exception since
+                // there is no resource to pass into useResource, and the
+                // timeout has not expired.
                 Exception e = new UnreachableStoreException("Resource request destroyed before resource checked out.");
                 resourceRequest.handleException(e);
             } catch(Exception ex) {
diff --git a/test/unit/voldemort/client/rebalance/AbstractRebalanceTest.java b/test/unit/voldemort/client/rebalance/AbstractRebalanceTest.java
index bb75d44b70..0ae8e3cbdf 100644
--- a/test/unit/voldemort/client/rebalance/AbstractRebalanceTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/voldemort/client/rebalance/AbstractRebalanceTest.java
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ public void testRORebalanceWithReplication() throws Exception {
         // SocketServer.java fires with an error message like the following:
         // "[18:46:32,994 voldemort.server.socket.SocketServer[admin-server]]
         // ERROR Too many open connections, 20 of 20 threads in use, denying
-        // connection from /127.0.0.1:43756 [Thread-552]"
+        // connection from /127.0.0.1:43756 [Thread-552]". Note, this issues
+        // seems to only affect ThreadPoolBasedNonblockingStoreImpl tests rather
+        // than Nio-based tests.
         Map<String, String> configProps = new HashMap<String, String>();
         configProps.put("admin.max.threads", "50");
         currentCluster = startServers(currentCluster,