diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/resource-import/importer.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/resource-import/importer.ts
index 0dadcf90b..4a73cd491 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/resource-import/importer.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/resource-import/importer.ts
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ export type ResourceIdentifiers = { [resourceType: string]: string[][] };
 type ResourceIdentifierProperties = Record<string, string>;
 
 /**
- * Mapping of CDK resources (L1 constructs) to physical resources to be imported
- * in their place, example:
+ * Mapping of CDK resources (by their CloudFormation logical ID) to physical
+ * resources to be imported in their place, example:
  *
  * ```
  * {
- *   "MyStack/MyS3Bucket/Resource": {
+ *   "MyS3Bucket1A2B3C4D": {
  *     "BucketName": "my-manually-created-s3-bucket"
  *   },
- *   "MyStack/MyVpc/Resource": {
+ *   "MyVpc5E6F7G8H": {
  *     "VpcId": "vpc-123456789"
  *   }
  * }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class ResourceImporter {
    * Based on the provided resource mapping, prepare CFN structures for import (template,
    * ResourcesToImport structure) and perform the import operation (CloudFormation deployment)
    *
-   * @param importMap - Mapping from CDK construct tree path to physical resource import identifiers
+   * @param importMap - Mapping from CloudFormation logical ID to physical resource import identifiers
    * @param options - Options to pass to CloudFormation deploy operation
    */
   public async importResourcesFromMap(importMap: ImportMap, options: ImportDeploymentOptions = {}) {