diff --git a/internal/component/beyla/ebpf/beyla_linux.go b/internal/component/beyla/ebpf/beyla_linux.go
index 4ed5ba58d34f..6b8b4ff9508c 100644
--- a/internal/component/beyla/ebpf/beyla_linux.go
+++ b/internal/component/beyla/ebpf/beyla_linux.go
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ func (c *Component) Update(args component.Arguments) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// baseTarget returns the base target for the component which includes metrics of the instrumented services.
 func (c *Component) baseTarget() (discovery.Target, error) {
 	data, err := c.opts.GetServiceData(http_service.ServiceName)
 	if err != nil {