diff --git a/modules/repository-s3/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java b/modules/repository-s3/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
index 12220dc51ea8f..92b305c97b0ca 100644
--- a/modules/repository-s3/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/modules/repository-s3/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public void testMetrics() throws Exception {
             final BlobStore blobStore = blobStoreRepository.blobStore();
             final BlobStore delegateBlobStore = ((BlobStoreWrapper) blobStore).delegate();
             final S3BlobStore s3BlobStore = (S3BlobStore) delegateBlobStore;
-            final Map<S3BlobStore.StatsKey, S3BlobStore.IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector> statsCollectors = s3BlobStore
+            final Map<S3BlobStore.StatsKey, S3BlobStore.ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector> statsCollectors = s3BlobStore
                 .getStatsCollectors().collectors;
 
             final var plugins = internalCluster().getInstance(PluginsService.class, nodeName)
diff --git a/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java b/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
index 74cd995c7207a..2a35ff5598659 100644
--- a/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -134,15 +134,16 @@ public TimeValue getCompareAndExchangeAntiContentionDelay() {
         return service.compareAndExchangeAntiContentionDelay;
     }
 
-    // metrics collector that ignores null responses that we interpret as the request not reaching the S3 endpoint due to a network
-    // issue
-    class IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector extends RequestMetricCollector {
+    /**
+     * A {@link RequestMetricCollector} that processes the metrics related to each API invocation attempt according to Elasticsearch's needs
+     */
+    class ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector extends RequestMetricCollector {
 
         final LongAdder counter = new LongAdder();
         private final Operation operation;
         private final Map<String, Object> attributes;
 
-        private IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector(Operation operation, OperationPurpose purpose) {
+        private ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector(Operation operation, OperationPurpose purpose) {
             this.operation = operation;
             this.attributes = Map.of(
                 "repo_type",
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ public String toString() {
     }
 
     class StatsCollectors {
-        final Map<StatsKey, IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector> collectors = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+        final Map<StatsKey, ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector> collectors = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
         RequestMetricCollector getMetricCollector(Operation operation, OperationPurpose purpose) {
             return collectors.computeIfAbsent(new StatsKey(operation, purpose), k -> buildMetricCollector(k.operation(), k.purpose()));
@@ -537,8 +538,8 @@ Map<String, Long> statsMap(boolean isStateless) {
             }
         }
 
-        IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector buildMetricCollector(Operation operation, OperationPurpose purpose) {
-            return new IgnoreNoResponseMetricsCollector(operation, purpose);
+        ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector buildMetricCollector(Operation operation, OperationPurpose purpose) {
+            return new ElasticsearchS3MetricsCollector(operation, purpose);
         }
     }