diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtils.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtils.java
index 98c422b1dcac..a94f8d1df7b5 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtils.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtils.java
@@ -206,9 +206,29 @@ public static void awaitNextRetry(
     Thread.sleep(sleepMillis);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Calculates the duration in milliseconds to sleep before the next attempt of
+   * a retryable operation. The duration is calculated in an exponential back-off
+   * manner with a fuzzy multiplier to introduce some variance.
+   * <p>
+   * Sleep duration in milliseconds for subsequent retries:
+   * <ul>
+   * <li>Retry 1: [0, 2000]</li>
+   * <li>Retry 2: [0, 4000]</li>
+   * <li>Retry 3: [0, 8000]</li>
+   * <li>...</li>
+   * <li>Retry 7 and later: [0, 120,000]</li>
+   * </ul>
+   *
+   * @param nTry Index of the next retry, starting with 1
+   * @return Next sleep duration in the range [0, 120,000] millis
+   */
   public static long nextRetrySleepMillis(final int nTry)
   {
+    // fuzzyMultiplier in [0, 2]
     final double fuzzyMultiplier = Math.min(Math.max(1 + 0.2 * ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextGaussian(), 0), 2);
+
+    // sleepMillis in [1 x 2^(nTry-1), 60] * [0, 2] seconds
     final long sleepMillis = (long) (Math.min(MAX_SLEEP_MILLIS, BASE_SLEEP_MILLIS * Math.pow(2, nTry - 1))
                                      * fuzzyMultiplier);
     return sleepMillis;
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtilsTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtilsTest.java
index 7df0aa0687c7..8d0271397d7f 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtilsTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/common/RetryUtilsTest.java
@@ -186,4 +186,29 @@ public void testExceptionPredicateForRetryableException() throws Exception
     Assert.assertEquals(result, "hey");
     Assert.assertEquals("count", 2, count.get());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNextRetrySleepMillis()
+  {
+    long totalSleepTimeMillis = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < 7; ++i) {
+      final long nextSleepMillis = RetryUtils.nextRetrySleepMillis(i);
+      Assert.assertTrue(nextSleepMillis >= 0);
+      Assert.assertTrue(nextSleepMillis <= (2_000 * Math.pow(2, i - 1)));
+
+      totalSleepTimeMillis += nextSleepMillis;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 7; i < 11; ++i) {
+      final long nextSleepMillis = RetryUtils.nextRetrySleepMillis(i);
+      Assert.assertTrue(nextSleepMillis >= 0);
+      Assert.assertTrue(nextSleepMillis <= 120_000);
+
+      totalSleepTimeMillis += nextSleepMillis;
+    }
+
+    Assert.assertTrue(totalSleepTimeMillis > 3 * 60_000);
+    Assert.assertTrue(totalSleepTimeMillis < 8 * 60_000);
+  }
 }