diff --git a/pkg/action/upgrade.go b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
index b73e2ac8b..9d05217e9 100644
--- a/pkg/action/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
@@ -43,27 +43,57 @@ type Upgrade struct {
 
 	ChartPathOptions
 
-	Install   bool
-	Devel     bool
+	// Install is a purely informative flag that indicates whether this upgrade was done in "install" mode.
+	//
+	// Applications may use this to determine whether this Upgrade operation was done as part of a
+	// pure upgrade (Upgrade.Install == false) or as part of an install-or-upgrade operation
+	// (Upgrade.Install == true).
+	//
+	// Setting this to `true` will NOT cause `Upgrade` to perform an install if the release does not exist.
+	// That process must be handled by creating an Install action directly. See cmd/upgrade.go for an
+	// example of how this flag is used.
+	Install bool
+	// Devel indicates that the operation is done in devel mode.
+	Devel bool
+	// Namespace is the namespace in which this operation should be performed.
 	Namespace string
-	// SkipCRDs skip installing CRDs when install flag is enabled during upgrade
-	SkipCRDs     bool
-	Timeout      time.Duration
-	Wait         bool
+	// SkipCRDs skips installing CRDs when install flag is enabled during upgrade
+	SkipCRDs bool
+	// Timeout is the timeout for this operation
+	Timeout time.Duration
+	// Wait determines whether the wait operation should be performed after the upgrade is requested.
+	Wait bool
+	// DisableHooks disables hook processing if set to true.
 	DisableHooks bool
-	DryRun       bool
-	Force        bool
-	ResetValues  bool
-	ReuseValues  bool
+	// DryRun controls whether the operation is prepared, but not executed.
+	// If `true`, the upgrade is prepared but not performed.
+	DryRun bool
+	// Force will, if set to `true`, ignore certain warnings and perform the upgrade anyway.
+	//
+	// This should be used with caution.
+	Force bool
+	// ResetValues will reset the values to the chart's built-ins rather than merging with existing.
+	ResetValues bool
+	// ReuseValues will re-use the user's last supplied values.
+	ReuseValues bool
 	// Recreate will (if true) recreate pods after a rollback.
 	Recreate bool
 	// MaxHistory limits the maximum number of revisions saved per release
-	MaxHistory               int
-	Atomic                   bool
-	CleanupOnFail            bool
-	SubNotes                 bool
-	Description              string
-	PostRenderer             postrender.PostRenderer
+	MaxHistory int
+	// Atomic, if true, will roll back on failure.
+	Atomic bool
+	// CleanupOnFail will, if true, cause the upgrade to delete newly-created resources on a failed update.
+	CleanupOnFail bool
+	// SubNotes determines whether sub-notes are rendered in the chart.
+	SubNotes bool
+	// Description is the description of this operation
+	Description string
+	// PostRender is an optional post-renderer
+	//
+	// If this is non-nil, then after templates are rendered, they will be sent to the
+	// post renderer before sending to the Kuberntes API server.
+	PostRenderer postrender.PostRenderer
+	// DisableOpenAPIValidation controls whether OpenAPI validation is enforced.
 	DisableOpenAPIValidation bool
 }