diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go b/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
index 766ccb211..a887883db 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/pod_mutating_webhook.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func (p *podWebhook) Default(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// If this pod is part of a JobSet that is NOT using the exclusive placement feature,
-	// or if this jobset is using the node selector exclusive placement strategy, we don't need
-	// to mutate the pod here.
+	// or if this jobset is using the node selector exclusive placement strategy (running
+	// the hack/label_nodes.py script beforehand), we don't need to mutate the pod here.
 	_, usingExclusivePlacement := pod.Annotations[jobset.ExclusiveKey]
 	_, usingNodeSelectorStrategy := pod.Annotations[jobset.NodeSelectorStrategyKey]
 	if !usingExclusivePlacement || usingNodeSelectorStrategy {
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@ func (p *podWebhook) Default(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object) error {
 	return p.patchPod(ctx, pod)
 }
 
-// patchPod will only add exclusive affinites to pod index 0. For all pods besides pod index 0,
-// it will add a scheduling gate to prevent them from scheduling initially.
+// patchPod will add exclusive affinites to pod index 0, and for all pods
+// it will add a nodeSelector selecting the same topology as pod index 0 is
+// scheduled on.
 func (p *podWebhook) patchPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
-	// If this pod is part of a JobSet which is usig the node selector strategy for exclusive
 	if pod.Annotations[batchv1.JobCompletionIndexAnnotation] == "0" {
-		log.Info("pod webhook: setting exclusive affinities for node selector exclusive placement strategy")
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: setting exclusive affinities for pod: %s", pod.Name))
 		setExclusiveAffinities(pod)
 		return nil
 	} else {
-		log.Info("pod webhook: adding node affinity for follower pod for node selector exclusive placement strategy")
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod webhook: adding node selector for follower pod: %s", pod.Name))
 		return p.setNodeSelector(ctx, pod)
 	}
 }