diff --git a/news/test.rst b/news/test.rst
index 225407f..dcd07f1 100644
--- a/news/test.rst
+++ b/news/test.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 **Fixed:**
 
-* Surpress `RuntimeWarning` in tests for the `applycutoff` function
+* Surpress the `RuntimeWarning` in tests for the `applycutoff` function
 
 **Security:**
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_test.py b/tests/integration_test.py
index f9cb74a..214ce22 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test.py
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ def test_applycutoff_range1(self):
         self.test_gui.qminentry.insert(0, "10")
         self.test_gui.qmaxentry.insert(0, "40")
 
-        # when
+        # Desired behavior is nans in the arrays below qmin and above qmax.  As a result, np.nanmax will generate
+        # runtimewarnings when it # encounters slices that are all nans. capture these so tests pass cleanly
+        # without warnings
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=RuntimeWarning)
+            # when
             self.test_gui.applycutoff()
         result = self.test_gui.cube
 
@@ -121,9 +124,12 @@ def test_applycutoff_range2(self):
         self.test_gui.qminentry.insert(0, "15")
         self.test_gui.qmaxentry.insert(0, "35")
 
-        # when
+        # Desired behavior is nans in the arrays below qmin and above qmax.  As a result, np.nanmax will generate
+        # runtimewarnings when it # encounters slices that are all nans. capture these so tests pass cleanly
+        # without warnings
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=RuntimeWarning)
+            # when
             self.test_gui.applycutoff()
         result = self.test_gui.cube