diff --git a/_drakeCleanFeeders.R b/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
index d914fad43611a6b5a84ddc855076e820725c0381..f58757e31956474fd898a3e4759af9b4323e5b3b 100644
--- a/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
+++ b/_drakeCleanFeeders.R
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 # basic _drake.R style file
-# but adapted for use in a project with multiple plans
+# but adapted for use in a project where there might be multiple plans in the same folder
+# called using r_make() from make_cleanFeeders.R
+# see https://books.ropensci.org/drake/projects.html#usage for explanation
+
+# Libraries/Packages ----
+# the drake book suggests putting this in packages.R but...
 
-# Libraries ----
 library(dataCleaning) # remember to build it first :-)
 dataCleaning::setup() # load env.R set up the default paths etc
 
 makeLibs <- c("data.table", # data munching
-              "drake", # for plans
               "here", # here
               "lubridate", # dates and times
               "hms", # times
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ makeLibs <- c("data.table", # data munching
 dataCleaning::loadLibraries(makeLibs)
 
 # Parameters ----
-updateData <- "yep" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
+updateData <- "rerun" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
 updateReport <- "yes" # edit this in any way (at all) to get drake to re-load the data
 
 # Some data to play with:
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ authors <- "Ben Anderson & Ellis Ridett"
 
 # Functions ----
 # for use in drake
+# the drake book suggests putting this in functions.R but...
 
 addSeason <- function(dt,dateVar,h){
   dt <- dt[, tmpM := lubridate::month(get(dateVar))] # sets 1 (Jan) - 12 (Dec). May already exist but we can't rely on it
@@ -79,7 +83,10 @@ getData <- function(f,updateData){
 makeUniq <- function(dt){
   # we suspect there may be duplicates by feeder_ID, dateTime & kW
   # remove them (report this in the .Rmd)
-  uniq <- unique(dt, by = c("rDateTime", "feeder_ID", "kW"))
+  uniq <- unique(dt, by = c("rDateTime", # dateTime
+                            "feeder_ID", # our constructed unique feeded ID
+                            "kW") # kW
+                 )
   return(uniq)
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +157,8 @@ makeReport <- function(f,version, type = "html", updateReport){
 
 
 # Set the drake plan ----
+# the drake book suggests putting this in plan.R but...
+# I had expected r_make() to load drake() in the new clean R session  but it doesn't
 my_plan <- drake::drake_plan(
   origData = getData(dFile, updateData), # returns data as data.table. If you edit 'update' in any way it will reload - drake is watching you!
   uniqData = makeUniq(origData), # remove duplicates
@@ -162,4 +171,5 @@ my_plan <- drake::drake_plan(
 )
 
 # see https://books.ropensci.org/drake/projects.html#usage
-drake_config(my_plan, verbose = 2)
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+# I had expected r_make() to load drake() in the new clean R session  but it doesn't
+drake::drake_config(my_plan, verbose = 2)
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