diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
index 668c8f2752..4544206073 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.propagate import extract
 
+set_trace
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _HANDLER = "_HANDLER"
@@ -128,7 +130,6 @@ def _default_event_context_extractor(lambda_event: Any) -> Context:
     Returns:
         A Context with configuration found in the event.
     """
-    set_trace()
     headers = None
     try:
         headers = lambda_event["headers"]
@@ -164,10 +165,14 @@ def _determine_parent_context(
     Returns:
         A Context with configuration found in the carrier.
     """
-    set_trace()
     parent_context = None
     extract
 
+    # By Tyler: ensure the event context extractor is not invoked if there is an
+    # already active span context.
+
+    # Related PR: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2573
+
     if (
         parent_context
         and get_current_span(parent_context)
@@ -283,13 +288,16 @@ def _instrument(
     meter_provider: MeterProvider = None,
 ):
 
-
     # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     def _instrumented_lambda_handler_call(  # noqa pylint: disable=too-many-branches
         call_wrapped, instance, args, kwargs
     ):
+        # This function gets another one in the call_wrapped argument. It then
+        # instantiates a span and calls the call_wrapped function.
+
         set_trace()
+
         orig_handler_name = ".".join(
             [wrapped_module_name, wrapped_function_name]
         )
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/mocks/lambda_function.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/mocks/lambda_function.py
index 539c896a0b..fdf2a4c297 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/mocks/lambda_function.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/mocks/lambda_function.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
 def handler(event, context):
+    # The purpose of this function is to be used as the call_wrapped function
+    # of _instrumented_lambda_handler_call.
     return "200 ok"
 
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/test_aws_lambda_instrumentation_manual.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/test_aws_lambda_instrumentation_manual.py
index 4cf6b7fc40..19c00b36c0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/test_aws_lambda_instrumentation_manual.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/test_aws_lambda_instrumentation_manual.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     MOCK_LAMBDA_API_GATEWAY_HTTP_API_EVENT,
 )
 from .mocks.api_gateway_proxy_event import MOCK_LAMBDA_API_GATEWAY_PROXY_EVENT
+from ipdb import set_trace
 
 
 class MockLambdaContext:
@@ -128,8 +129,15 @@ def test_active_tracing(self):
         )
         test_env_patch.start()
 
+        # This calls AwsLambdaInstrumentor._instrument which finds a function
+        # from os.environ[_HANDLER] and wraps it with
+        # _instrumented_lambda_handler_call.
         AwsLambdaInstrumentor().instrument()
 
+        set_trace()
+
+        # This finds the _instrumented_lambda_hanlder_call uising
+        # os.environ[_HANDLER] and calls it.
         mock_execute_lambda()
 
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()