diff --git a/raphtory/src/core/storage/raw_edges.rs b/raphtory/src/core/storage/raw_edges.rs
index 19a505504..f3fae12a3 100644
--- a/raphtory/src/core/storage/raw_edges.rs
+++ b/raphtory/src/core/storage/raw_edges.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
     db::api::storage::graph::edges::edge_storage_ops::{EdgeStorageOps, MemEdge},
 };
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use lock_api::ArcRwLockReadGuard;
 use parking_lot::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard, RwLockWriteGuard};
 use raphtory_api::core::{entities::EID, storage::timeindex::TimeIndexEntry};
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ use std::{
         Arc,
     },
 };
-use itertools::Itertools;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub struct EdgeShard {
diff --git a/raphtory/src/db/api/view/graph.rs b/raphtory/src/db/api/view/graph.rs
index ac79232f4..b3729fec4 100644
--- a/raphtory/src/db/api/view/graph.rs
+++ b/raphtory/src/db/api/view/graph.rs
@@ -782,15 +782,23 @@ mod test_materialize {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_my_graph() {
+    fn test_edge_layer_properties() {
         let g = Graph::new();
-        g.add_edge(1, "A", "B", [("greeting", "howdy")], Some("layer 1")).unwrap();
-        g.add_edge(2, "A", "B", [("greeting", "ola")], Some("layer 2")).unwrap();
-        g.add_edge(2, "A", "B", [("greeting", "hello")], Some("layer 2")).unwrap();
-        g.add_edge(3, "A", "B", [("greeting", "namaste")], Some("layer 3")).unwrap();
+        g.add_edge(1, "A", "B", [("greeting", "howdy")], Some("layer 1"))
+            .unwrap();
+        g.add_edge(2, "A", "B", [("greeting", "ola")], Some("layer 2"))
+            .unwrap();
+        g.add_edge(2, "A", "B", [("greeting", "hello")], Some("layer 2"))
+            .unwrap();
+        g.add_edge(3, "A", "B", [("greeting", "namaste")], Some("layer 3"))
+            .unwrap();
 
         let edge_ab = g.edge("A", "B").unwrap();
-        let props = edge_ab.properties().iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string())).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let props = edge_ab
+            .properties()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string()))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         assert_eq!(props, vec![("greeting".to_string(), "namaste".to_string())]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/raphtory/src/python/types/macros/trait_impl/edgeviewops.rs b/raphtory/src/python/types/macros/trait_impl/edgeviewops.rs
index 278777b82..34324e033 100644
--- a/raphtory/src/python/types/macros/trait_impl/edgeviewops.rs
+++ b/raphtory/src/python/types/macros/trait_impl/edgeviewops.rs
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ macro_rules! impl_edgeviewops {
                 self.$field.nbr()
             }
 
-            /// Explodes an edge and returns all instances it had been updated as seperate edges
+            /// Explodes returns an edge object for each update within the original edge.
             fn explode(
                 &self,
             ) -> <$base_type as $crate::db::api::view::EdgeViewOps<'static>>::Exploded {
                 self.$field.explode()
             }
 
+            /// Explode layers returns an edge object for each layer within the original edge. These new edge object contains only updates from respective layers.
             fn explode_layers(
                 &self,
             ) -> <$base_type as $crate::db::api::view::EdgeViewOps<'static>>::Exploded {