diff --git a/pkg/queue/breaker.go b/pkg/queue/breaker.go
index 0d89e65722d7..79b78a37cd62 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/breaker.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/breaker.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	// ErrRelease indicates that release was called more often than acquire.
-	ErrRelease = errors.New("semaphore release error: returned tokens must be <= acquired tokens")
 	// ErrRequestQueueFull indicates the breaker queue depth was exceeded.
 	ErrRequestQueueFull = errors.New("pending request queue full")
 )
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ func (b *Breaker) Reserve(ctx context.Context) (func(), bool) {
 // Maybe conditionally executes thunk based on the Breaker concurrency
 // and queue parameters. If the concurrency limit and queue capacity are
 // already consumed, Maybe returns immediately without calling thunk. If
-// the thunk was executed, Maybe returns true, else false.
+// the thunk was executed, Maybe returns nil, else error.
 func (b *Breaker) Maybe(ctx context.Context, thunk func()) error {
 	if !b.tryAcquirePending() {
 		return ErrRequestQueueFull
diff --git a/pkg/queue/breaker_test.go b/pkg/queue/breaker_test.go
index 5a6539fce39d..1fcfe2e86b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/breaker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/breaker_test.go
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ func TestBreakerOverload(t *testing.T) {
 	reqs.request()
 	reqs.expectFailure(t)
 
-	// The remainer should succeed.
+	// The remainder should succeed.
 	reqs.processSuccessfully(t)
 	reqs.processSuccessfully(t)
 }
 
 func TestBreakerQueueing(t *testing.T) {
-	params := BreakerParams{QueueDepth: 2, MaxConcurrency: 1, InitialCapacity: 0}
+	params := BreakerParams{QueueDepth: 1, MaxConcurrency: 1, InitialCapacity: 0}
 	b := NewBreaker(params) // Breaker capacity = 2
 	reqs := newRequestor(b)