diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
index ecd9cdac88b..6e76bf9d49e 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ def get_metadata_variable_name_from_kwargs(
 
 
 def max_retries_per_request_hit(kwargs: Mapping[str, object], num_retries_per_request: int | None) -> bool:
-    """
-    Whether the Router retry about to run (``attempted_retries`` >= 1 in the metadata bucket) is past the cap
-    """
     if num_retries_per_request is None:
         return False
     metadata: Final = kwargs.get(get_metadata_variable_name_from_kwargs(kwargs))
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
index 6150ce287ed..eb29f717a20 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
@@ -10746,12 +10746,12 @@ def _always_failing_router(num_retries):
     )
 
 
-async def _fail_one_proxy_shaped_request(router, request_marker):
+async def _fail_one_proxy_shaped_request(router, request_marker, expected_error=litellm.InternalServerError):
     """The proxy hands the router a metadata dict and a proxy_server_request whose body is a
     shallow copy of the request, so body["metadata"] is the very same dict the router later
     stamps previous_models onto."""
     metadata = {"request_marker": request_marker}
-    with pytest.raises((litellm.InternalServerError, litellm.APIConnectionError)):
+    with pytest.raises(expected_error):
         await router.acompletion(
             model="broken-group",
             messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
@@ -10808,13 +10808,10 @@ async def test_retry_records_keep_only_the_last_four_attempts():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_num_retries_per_request_stops_retries_at_caps_above_four(monkeypatch):
-    """The cap used to be read off len(previous_models), which never exceeds four, so any cap above
-    four was inert. Reading the Router's attempted_retries counter instead lets a cap of five refuse
-    retries five and six before they reach the deployment."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "num_retries_per_request", 5)
     router = _always_failing_router(num_retries=6)
 
-    records = await _fail_one_proxy_shaped_request(router, "request-1")
+    records = await _fail_one_proxy_shaped_request(router, "request-1", expected_error=litellm.APIConnectionError)
 
     assert [record["attempted_retries"] for record in records] == [3, 4, 5, 6]
     assert ["Max retries per request hit!" in record["exception_string"] for record in records] == [
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
index 523feb2e54a..3f3b8ce5343 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
@@ -4084,8 +4084,6 @@ def _capped_completion_kwargs(metadata_key: str, metadata: object) -> dict[str,
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("metadata_key", ["metadata", "litellm_metadata"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("cap, metadata, refused", _RETRY_CAP_CASES)
 def test_num_retries_per_request_reads_attempted_retries_sync(monkeypatch, metadata_key, cap, metadata, refused):
-    """num_retries_per_request is enforced from the Router's attempted_retries counter in whichever
-    metadata bucket the call carries, so callers on litellm_metadata and caps above four both work"""
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "num_retries_per_request", cap)
     kwargs: Final = _capped_completion_kwargs(metadata_key, metadata)
     if refused: