diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
index cfec61a28fe..69d46bf5f27 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
@@ -443,10 +443,8 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
         cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_SOFTWARE_COEXISTENCE")
 
 
-# First release of each ESP-IDF series with espressif/esp-idf@82e71c1767, which
-# stops Bluedroid from starting a queued connection on a released link block.
-# 5.4.5, 5.5.6 and 6.1.1 are not tagged yet; the fix is on their release branches.
-# Series older than 5.2 never got the fix, 6.2 and later always have it.
+# First release per series with espressif/esp-idf@82e71c1767 (see bluedroid_stubs.cpp).
+# 5.4.5, 5.5.6 and 6.1.1 are not tagged yet but the fix is on their branches.
 DIRECT_CONN_FIX_VERSIONS = {
     (5, 2): cv.Version(5, 2, 8),
     (5, 3): cv.Version(5, 3, 6),
@@ -483,8 +481,7 @@ async def _add_ble_features() -> None:
         cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_DEVICE")
         cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_UUID")
     if cg.get_slot_count(CLIENT_COUNT_DEFINE) and _needs_direct_conn_guard():
-        # See bluedroid_stubs.cpp; --undefined keeps the wrapper because libsrc.a
-        # is scanned before the IDF libraries.
+        # --undefined keeps the wrapper, libsrc.a is scanned before the IDF libraries
         cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER_DIRECT_CONN_GUARD")
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wl,--wrap=l2cble_init_direct_conn")
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wl,--undefined=__wrap_l2cble_init_direct_conn")
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/bluedroid_stubs.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/bluedroid_stubs.cpp
index f92c3af5600..a013942aa69 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/bluedroid_stubs.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/bluedroid_stubs.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
 /*
- * Linker wrap guard for Bluedroid's queued BLE connection requests.
- *
- * Bluedroid starts one outgoing BLE connection at a time and parks the rest
- * as raw link control block pointers. A parked request is not dropped when
- * its block is released, so btm_send_pending_direct_conn() can later pass a
- * released block to l2cble_init_direct_conn(). That arms the link timer with
- * a null parameter, and l2c_link_timeout() crashes when it expires.
- *
- * The same commit also releases a live block that l2cble_init_direct_conn()
- * rejects on its unknown device path, which every other failure path already
- * does; the wrapper releases it when the block is still in use afterwards.
- *
- * The wrap only covers calls from other files, which is where the stale
- * pointer comes from; callers inside l2c_ble.c pass a live block.
- *
- * Fixed upstream in espressif/esp-idf commit 82e71c1767. Codegen only enables
- * this guard for ESP-IDF releases without that commit; remove it once the
- * minimum ESP-IDF includes it.
+ * Bluedroid queues outgoing BLE connections as raw link block pointers and does
+ * not drop them when the block is released, so btm_send_pending_direct_conn()
+ * can start a connect on a released block and l2c_link_timeout() later crashes
+ * on its null timer parameter. Mirrors espressif/esp-idf@82e71c1767; codegen
+ * only enables it for releases without that commit.
  */
 
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
@@ -27,8 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::esp32_ble_tracker {}
 
-// tL2C_LCB is private to Bluedroid, so its layout was checked by hand from ESP-IDF 5.0 to 6.1:
-// in_use is the first member and BOOLEAN is bool.
+// in_use is the first member of the private tL2C_LCB (checked ESP-IDF 5.0 to 6.1)
 static_assert(ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(6, 2, 0),
               "ESP-IDF 6.2 and later have the fix, this guard should not be enabled (esphome/esphome#19373)");
 
@@ -43,6 +29,7 @@ bool __wrap_l2cble_init_direct_conn(void *p_lcb) {
     return false;
   }
   const bool started = __real_l2cble_init_direct_conn(p_lcb);
+  // Every failure path releases the block except unknown device, also fixed upstream
   if (!started && *static_cast<const bool *>(p_lcb)) {
     l2cu_release_lcb(p_lcb);
   }
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/esp32_ble_tracker/test_direct_conn_guard.py b/tests/component_tests/esp32_ble_tracker/test_direct_conn_guard.py
index 3e1292fc887..a58d2302fbf 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/esp32_ble_tracker/test_direct_conn_guard.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/esp32_ble_tracker/test_direct_conn_guard.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-"""Tests for the Bluedroid queued connection guard.
-
-Builds that open BLE connections on an ESP-IDF release without the upstream
-fix wrap l2cble_init_direct_conn; scan-only builds and fixed releases emit
-nothing.
-"""
+"""The Bluedroid queued connection guard is emitted only for client builds on unfixed ESP-IDF."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -16,8 +11,7 @@ from esphome import config_validation as cv
 from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker
 from esphome.core import CORE
 
-# Spelled out rather than derived from the component, so a typo in the
-# component's flags fails here instead of mirroring into the test.
+# Spelled out so a typo in the component's flags fails here
 _GUARD_FLAGS = {
     "-Wl,--wrap=l2cble_init_direct_conn",
     "-Wl,--undefined=__wrap_l2cble_init_direct_conn",
@@ -44,7 +38,6 @@ def test_guard_only_in_client_builds_on_unfixed_idf(
     idf: str,
     expected: bool,
 ) -> None:
-    # Pinned so the test does not follow the default framework version.
     _pin_idf(monkeypatch, idf)
     generate_main(component_config_path(config_file))
     assert (CORE.build_flags >= _GUARD_FLAGS) is expected