diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/RpcViewConstants.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/RpcViewConstants.java
index 770646be7..0d85c75e9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/RpcViewConstants.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/RpcViewConstants.java
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ class RpcViewConstants {
               BIGTABLE_OP,
               BIGTABLE_STATUS));
 
+  // use distribution so we can correlate batch throttled time with op_latency
   static final View BIGTABLE_BATCH_THROTTLED_TIME_VIEW =
       View.create(
           View.Name.create("cloud.google.com/java/bigtable/batch_throttled_time"),
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/misc_utilities/MethodComparator.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/misc_utilities/MethodComparator.java
index e593913cc..4c3ecd274 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/misc_utilities/MethodComparator.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/misc_utilities/MethodComparator.java
@@ -31,12 +31,9 @@ public class MethodComparator {
           MethodComparator::compareMethods, "compare method names, parameters and return types");
 
   private static boolean compareMethods(Method actual, Method expected) {
-    if (!actual.getName().equals(expected.getName())
-        || !Arrays.equals(actual.getParameterTypes(), expected.getParameterTypes())
-        || actual.getModifiers() != expected.getModifiers()
-        || !actual.getReturnType().equals(expected.getReturnType())) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
+    return actual.getName().equals(expected.getName())
+        && Arrays.equals(actual.getParameterTypes(), expected.getParameterTypes())
+        && actual.getModifiers() == expected.getModifiers()
+        && actual.getReturnType().equals(expected.getReturnType());
   }
 }