diff --git a/lib/error.js b/lib/error.js
index a5751fd..d4c3a1b 100644
--- a/lib/error.js
+++ b/lib/error.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ FSError.prototype = new Error();
 FSError.codes = codes;
 
 /**
- * Creates an abort error for when an asynchronous task was aborted.
+ * Create an abort error for when an asynchronous task was aborted.
+ * @constructor
  */
 function AbortError() {
   Error.call(this);
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ function AbortError() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Error constructor.
+ * FSError constructor.
  */
 exports.FSError = FSError;
+/**
+ * AbortError constructor.
+ */
 exports.AbortError = AbortError;
diff --git a/lib/readfilecontext.js b/lib/readfilecontext.js
index 6985082..699b6cb 100644
--- a/lib/readfilecontext.js
+++ b/lib/readfilecontext.js
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 const {AbortError} = require('./error');
 const {FSReqCallback} = process.binding('fs');
 
-const kReadFileUnknownBufferLength = 64 * 1024;
-const kReadFileBufferLength = 512 * 1024;
-
-function getReadFileContextPrototype() {
+/**
+ * This is a workaround for getting access to the ReadFileContext
+ * prototype, which we need to be able to patch its methods.
+ * @returns {object}
+ */
+exports.getReadFileContextPrototype = function() {
   const fs = require('fs');
   const fsBinding = process.binding('fs');
 
@@ -22,12 +24,27 @@ function getReadFileContextPrototype() {
   fsBinding.open = originalOpen;
 
   return proto;
-}
-
-function patchReadFileContext(prototype) {
+};
+
+/**
+ * This patches the ReadFileContext prototype to use mocked bindings
+ * when available. This entire implementation is more or less fully
+ * copied over from Node.js's /lib/internal/fs/read_file_context.js
+ *
+ * This patch is required to support Node.js v16+, where the ReadFileContext
+ * closes directly over the internal fs bindings, and is also eagerly loader.
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/tschaub/mock-fs/issues/332 for more information.
+ *
+ * @param {object} prototype The ReadFileContext prototype object to patch.
+ */
+exports.patchReadFileContext = function(prototype) {
   const origRead = prototype.read;
   const origClose = prototype.close;
 
+  const kReadFileUnknownBufferLength = 64 * 1024;
+  const kReadFileBufferLength = 512 * 1024;
+
   function readFileAfterRead(err, bytesRead) {
     const context = this.context;
 
@@ -57,6 +74,7 @@ function patchReadFileContext(prototype) {
     let buffer = null;
 
     if (context.err || err) {
+      // This is a simplification from Node.js, where we don't bother merging the errors
       return callback(context.err || err);
     }
 
@@ -106,6 +124,9 @@ function patchReadFileContext(prototype) {
     req.oncomplete = readFileAfterRead;
     req.context = this;
 
+    // This call and the one in close() is what we want to change, the
+    // rest is pretty much the same as Node.js except we don't have access
+    // to some of the internal optimizations.
     prototype._mockedBinding.read(this.fd, buffer, offset, length, -1, req);
   };
 
@@ -128,8 +149,4 @@ function patchReadFileContext(prototype) {
 
     prototype._mockedBinding.close(this.fd, req);
   };
-}
-
-exports.patchReadFileContext = patchReadFileContext;
-
-exports.getReadFileContextPrototype = getReadFileContextPrototype;
+};