diff --git a/states/module.go b/states/module.go
index 760625e056..fbef01c7a9 100644
--- a/states/module.go
+++ b/states/module.go
@@ -76,16 +76,14 @@ func (ms *Module) RemoveResource(addr addrs.Resource) {
 
 // SetResourceInstanceCurrent saves the given instance object as the current
 // generation of the resource instance with the given address, simultaneously
-// updating the recorded provider configuration address, dependencies, and
-// resource EachMode.
+// updating the recorded provider configuration address and dependencies.
 //
 // Any existing current instance object for the given resource is overwritten.
 // Set obj to nil to remove the primary generation object altogether. If there
 // are no deposed objects then the instance will be removed altogether.
 //
-// The provider address and "each mode" are resource-wide settings and so they
-// are updated for all other instances of the same resource as a side-effect of
-// this call.
+// The provider address is a resource-wide setting and is updated for all other
+// instances of the same resource as a side-effect of this call.
 func (ms *Module) SetResourceInstanceCurrent(addr addrs.ResourceInstance, obj *ResourceInstanceObjectSrc, provider addrs.AbsProviderConfig) {
 	rs := ms.Resource(addr.Resource)
 	// if the resource is nil and the object is nil, don't do anything!
diff --git a/states/sync.go b/states/sync.go
index d0923b1500..610fc07aa0 100644
--- a/states/sync.go
+++ b/states/sync.go
@@ -316,9 +316,8 @@ func (s *SyncState) MaybeFixUpResourceInstanceAddressForCount(addr addrs.ConfigR
 // concurrently mutated during this call, but may be freely used again once
 // this function returns.
 //
-// The provider address and "each mode" are resource-wide settings and so they
-// are updated for all other instances of the same resource as a side-effect of
-// this call.
+// The provider address is a resource-wide settings and is updated
+// for all other instances of the same resource as a side-effect of this call.
 //
 // If the containing module for this resource or the resource itself are not
 // already tracked in state then they will be added as a side-effect.