diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/Overlay.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/Overlay.qll
index 55b774a816f..15c3ecf78db 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/Overlay.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/Overlay.qll
@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
-/**
- * Defines entity discard predicates for C++ overlay analysis.
- *
- * The discard strategy is based on TRAP file and tag tracking rather than
- * source locations. The extractor records which TRAP file or tag each element
- * is defined in (`in_trap_or_tag`), which source files use which TRAP files
- * (`source_file_uses_trap`), and which TRAP files use which tags
- * (`trap_uses_tag`). These relations allow us to precisely determine whether
- * a base element should be discarded or retained in the combined database.
- */
-
 private import OverlayXml
 
 /**
  * Holds always for the overlay variant and never for the base variant.
- * This local predicate is used to define local predicates that behave
- * differently for the base and overlay variant.
  */
 overlay[local]
 predicate isOverlay() { databaseMetadata("isOverlay", "true") }
@@ -22,16 +9,11 @@ predicate isOverlay() { databaseMetadata("isOverlay", "true") }
 /**
  * Holds if TRAP file or tag `t` is reachable from a source file named
  * `source_file` in the given variant (base or overlay).
- *
- * A TRAP file is directly reachable from its source file. A tag is reachable
- * if the TRAP file that uses it is reachable.
  */
 overlay[local]
-private predicate locallyReachableTrapOrTag(
-  boolean isOverlayVariant, string source_file, @trap_or_tag t
-) {
+private predicate locally_reachable_trap_or_tag(boolean is_overlay, string source_file, @trap_or_tag t) {
   exists(@source_file sf, string source_file_raw, @trap trap |
-    (if isOverlay() then isOverlayVariant = true else isOverlayVariant = false) and
+    (if isOverlay() then is_overlay = true else is_overlay = false) and
     source_file_uses_trap(sf, trap) and
     source_file_name(sf, source_file_raw) and
     source_file = source_file_raw.replaceAll("\\", "/") and
@@ -44,28 +26,25 @@ private predicate locallyReachableTrapOrTag(
  * variant (base or overlay).
  */
 overlay[local]
-private predicate locallyInTrapOrTag(boolean isOverlayVariant, @element e, @trap_or_tag t) {
-  (if isOverlay() then isOverlayVariant = true else isOverlayVariant = false) and
+private predicate locally_in_trap_or_tag(boolean is_overlay, @element e, @trap_or_tag t) {
+  (if isOverlay() then is_overlay = true else is_overlay = false) and
   in_trap_or_tag(e, t)
 }
 
 /**
- * Discards an element from the base variant if:
- * - It is known to be in a base TRAP file or tag, and
- * - It is not reachable from any overlay source file, and
- * - Every base source file that reaches it has either changed or had its TRAP
- *   file redefined by the overlay.
+ * Holds if element `e` from the base variant should be discarded because
+ * it has been redefined or is no longer reachable in the overlay.
  */
 overlay[discard_entity]
-private predicate discardElement(@element e) {
+private predicate discard_element(@element e) {
   // If we don't have any knowledge about what TRAP file something
   // is in, then we don't want to discard it, so we only consider
   // entities that are known to be in a base TRAP file.
-  locallyInTrapOrTag(false, e, _) and
+  locally_in_trap_or_tag(false, e, _) and
   // Anything that is reachable from an overlay source file should
   // not be discarded.
-  not exists(@trap_or_tag t | locallyInTrapOrTag(true, e, t) |
-    locallyReachableTrapOrTag(true, _, t)
+  not exists(@trap_or_tag t | locally_in_trap_or_tag(true, e, t) |
+    locally_reachable_trap_or_tag(true, _, t)
   ) and
   // Finally, we have to make sure that base shouldn't retain it.
   // If it is reachable from a base source file, then that is
@@ -73,10 +52,10 @@ private predicate discardElement(@element e) {
   // particular, been deleted) or the overlay has redefined the TRAP
   // file it is in.
   forall(@trap_or_tag t, string source_file |
-    locallyInTrapOrTag(false, e, t) and
-    locallyReachableTrapOrTag(false, source_file, t)
+    locally_in_trap_or_tag(false, e, t) and
+    locally_reachable_trap_or_tag(false, source_file, t)
   |
     overlayChangedFiles(source_file) or
-    locallyReachableTrapOrTag(true, _, t)
+    locally_reachable_trap_or_tag(true, _, t)
   )
 }