diff --git a/src/paperless_text/signals.py b/src/paperless_text/signals.py
index cf74d1c0e..bfdabc601 100644
--- a/src/paperless_text/signals.py
+++ b/src/paperless_text/signals.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 def get_parser(*args, **kwargs):
     from paperless.parsers.text import TextDocumentParser
 
-    # The new TextDocumentParser does not accept the legacy logging_group /
-    # progress_callback kwargs injected by the old signal-based consumer.
-    # These are dropped here; Phase 4 will replace this signal path with the
-    # new ParserRegistry so the shim can be removed at that point.
+    # TextDocumentParser accepts logging_group for constructor compatibility but
+    # does not store or use it (no legacy DocumentParser base class).
+    # progress_callback is also not used.  Both may arrive as a positional arg
+    # (consumer) or a keyword arg (views); *args absorbs the positional form,
+    # kwargs.pop handles the keyword form.  Phase 4 will replace this signal
+    # path with the new ParserRegistry so the shim can be removed at that point.
     kwargs.pop("logging_group", None)
     kwargs.pop("progress_callback", None)
     return TextDocumentParser()
diff --git a/src/paperless_tika/signals.py b/src/paperless_tika/signals.py
index 412b80bb7..f1fd17ef6 100644
--- a/src/paperless_tika/signals.py
+++ b/src/paperless_tika/signals.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 def get_parser(*args, **kwargs):
     from paperless.parsers.tika import TikaDocumentParser
 
-    # The new TikaDocumentParser does not accept the legacy logging_group /
-    # progress_callback kwargs injected by the old signal-based consumer.
-    # These are dropped here; Phase 4 will replace this signal path with the
-    # new ParserRegistry so the shim can be removed at that point.
+    # TikaDocumentParser accepts logging_group for constructor compatibility but
+    # does not store or use it (no legacy DocumentParser base class).
+    # progress_callback is also not used.  Both may arrive as a positional arg
+    # (consumer) or a keyword arg (views); *args absorbs the positional form,
+    # kwargs.pop handles the keyword form.  Phase 4 will replace this signal
+    # path with the new ParserRegistry so the shim can be removed at that point.
     kwargs.pop("logging_group", None)
     kwargs.pop("progress_callback", None)
     return TikaDocumentParser()