diff --git a/controllers/argocd/route.go b/controllers/argocd/route.go
index e7cc53ce9..3aa2aae60 100644
--- a/controllers/argocd/route.go
+++ b/controllers/argocd/route.go
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ func (r *ReconcileArgoCD) reconcileApplicationSetControllerWebhookRoute(cr *argo
 	return r.Client.Update(context.TODO(), route)
 }
 
+// The algorithm used by this function is:
+// - If the FIRST label ("console-openshift-console" in the above case) is longer than 63 characters, shorten (truncate the end) it to 63.
+// - If any other label is longer than 63 characters, return an error
+// - After all the labels are 63 characters or less, check the length of the overall hostname:
+//   - If the overall hostname is > 255, then shorten the FIRST label until the host name is < 255
+//   - After the FIRST label has been shortened, if it is < 20, then return an error (this is a sanity test to ensure the label is likely to be unique)
 func shortenHostname(hostname string) (string, error) {
 	if hostname == "" {
 		return "", nil