diff --git a/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs b/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
index 780551891621..aa12adaacffd 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ impl RpcServerArgs {
             .with_events(components.events())
             .with_executor(components.task_executor())
             .build_with_auth_server(module_config, engine_api);
-        let node_modules =
-            &mut RethRpcComponents::<Reth> { registry: &mut registry, modules: &mut modules };
+        let node_modules = RethRpcComponents { registry: &mut registry, modules: &mut modules };
         // apply configured customization
         conf.extend_rpc_modules(self, components, node_modules)?;
 
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli/components.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli/components.rs
index d047e4da5468..1f51409cbce7 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli/components.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli/components.rs
@@ -72,11 +72,17 @@ pub trait RethNodeComponents {
     }
 }
 
-/// Helper function to encapsulate [RethModuleRegistry] and [TransportRpcModules]
-/// generic over [RethNodeComponents]
+/// Helper container to encapsulate [RethModuleRegistry] and [TransportRpcModules].
+///
+/// This can be used to access installed modules, or create commonly used handlers like
+/// [reth_rpc::EthApi], and ultimately merge additional rpc handler into the configured transport
+/// modules [TransportRpcModules].
+#[derive(Debug)]
 #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 pub struct RethRpcComponents<'a, Reth: RethNodeComponents> {
     /// A Helper type the holds instances of the configured modules.
+    ///
+    /// This provides easy access to rpc handlers, such as [RethModuleRegistry::eth_api].
     pub registry: &'a mut RethModuleRegistry<
         Reth::Provider,
         Reth::Pool,
@@ -85,6 +91,9 @@ pub struct RethRpcComponents<'a, Reth: RethNodeComponents> {
         Reth::Events,
     >,
     /// Holds installed modules per transport type.
+    ///
+    /// This can be used to merge additional modules into the configured transports (http, ipc,
+    /// ws). See [TransportRpcModules::merge_configured]
     pub modules: &'a mut TransportRpcModules,
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli/ext.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli/ext.rs
index 857ec4811dc5..c61ef3a9a181 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli/ext.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli/ext.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,11 @@ pub trait RethNodeCommandConfig: fmt::Debug {
     ///
     /// This is expected to call the merge functions of [reth_rpc_builder::TransportRpcModules], for
     /// example [reth_rpc_builder::TransportRpcModules::merge_configured]
-    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
     fn extend_rpc_modules<Conf, Reth>(
         &mut self,
         config: &Conf,
         components: &Reth,
-        rpc_components: &mut RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
+        rpc_components: RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()>
     where
         Conf: RethRpcConfig,
@@ -187,14 +186,14 @@ impl<T: RethNodeCommandConfig> RethNodeCommandConfig for NoArgs<T> {
         &mut self,
         config: &Conf,
         components: &Reth,
-        node_components: &mut RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
+        rpc_components: RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()>
     where
         Conf: RethRpcConfig,
         Reth: RethNodeComponents,
     {
         if let Some(conf) = self.inner_mut() {
-            conf.extend_rpc_modules(config, components, node_components)
+            conf.extend_rpc_modules(config, components, rpc_components)
         } else {
             Ok(())
         }
diff --git a/examples/additional-rpc-namespace-in-cli/src/main.rs b/examples/additional-rpc-namespace-in-cli/src/main.rs
index d2315f2015a2..ce03aa5c8e3e 100644
--- a/examples/additional-rpc-namespace-in-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/additional-rpc-namespace-in-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl RethNodeCommandConfig for RethCliTxpoolExt {
         &mut self,
         _config: &Conf,
         _components: &Reth,
-        node_components: &mut RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
+        rpc_components: RethRpcComponents<'_, Reth>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()>
     where
         Conf: RethRpcConfig,
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ impl RethNodeCommandConfig for RethCliTxpoolExt {
         }
 
         // here we get the configured pool type from the CLI.
-        let pool = node_components.registry.pool().clone();
+        let pool = rpc_components.registry.pool().clone();
         let ext = TxpoolExt { pool };
 
         // now we merge our extension namespace into all configured transports
-        node_components.modules.merge_configured(ext.into_rpc())?;
+        rpc_components.modules.merge_configured(ext.into_rpc())?;
 
         println!("txpool extension enabled");
         Ok(())