diff --git a/TrafficCapture/dockerSolution/src/main/docker/migrationConsole/lib/integ_test/integ_test/common_operations.py b/TrafficCapture/dockerSolution/src/main/docker/migrationConsole/lib/integ_test/integ_test/common_operations.py
index 0439dec31..0aee8e796 100644
--- a/TrafficCapture/dockerSolution/src/main/docker/migrationConsole/lib/integ_test/integ_test/common_operations.py
+++ b/TrafficCapture/dockerSolution/src/main/docker/migrationConsole/lib/integ_test/integ_test/common_operations.py
@@ -124,10 +124,15 @@ def get_all_index_details(cluster: Cluster, index_prefix_ignore_list=None, **kwa
     all_index_details = execute_api_call(cluster=cluster, path="/_cat/indices?format=json", **kwargs).json()
     index_dict = {}
     for index_details in all_index_details:
+        # While cat/indices returns a doc count metric, the underlying implementation bleeds through details, only 
+        # capture the index name and make a separate api call for the doc count 
         index_name = index_details['index']
         valid_index = not index_matches_ignored_index(index_name,
                                                       index_prefix_ignore_list=index_prefix_ignore_list)
         if index_prefix_ignore_list is None or valid_index:
+            # "To get an accurate count of Elasticsearch documents, use the cat count or count APIs."
+            # See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.10/cat-indices.html
+
             count_response = execute_api_call(cluster=cluster, path=f"/{index_name}/_count?format=json", **kwargs)
             index_dict[index_name] = count_response.json()
     return index_dict