diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUISessionState.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUISessionState.m
index cbf1eba72..2c1058192 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUISessionState.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUISessionState.m
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                         actionBlock:^{
                             [DebugUISessionState clearSessionAndIdentityStore];
                         }],
-        [OWSTableItem itemWithTitle:@"Archive Session and Identity Store"
+        [OWSTableItem itemWithTitle:@"Snapshot Session and Identity Store"
                         actionBlock:^{
-                            [DebugUISessionState archiveSessionAndIdentityStore];
+                            [DebugUISessionState snapshotSessionAndIdentityStore];
                         }],
         [OWSTableItem itemWithTitle:@"Restore Session and Identity Store"
                         actionBlock:^{
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
     });
 }
 
-+ (void)archiveSessionAndIdentityStore
++ (void)snapshotSessionAndIdentityStore
 {
     dispatch_async([OWSDispatch sessionStoreQueue], ^{
-        [[TSStorageManager sharedManager] archiveSessionStore];
+        [[TSStorageManager sharedManager] snapshotSessionStore];
         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-            [[OWSIdentityManager sharedManager] archiveIdentityState];
+            [[OWSIdentityManager sharedManager] snapshotIdentityState];
         });
     });
 }
diff --git a/Signal/src/util/OWSBackup.m b/Signal/src/util/OWSBackup.m
index b0ce065a9..e61c44647 100644
--- a/Signal/src/util/OWSBackup.m
+++ b/Signal/src/util/OWSBackup.m
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 // Hide the "import" directories from exports, etc. by prefixing their name with a period.
+//
+// OWSBackup backs up files and directories in the "app documents" and "shared data container",
+// but ignores any top-level files or directories in those locations whose names start with a
+// period ".".
 NSString *const OWSBackup_DirNamePrefix = @".SignalBackup.";
 NSString *const OWSBackup_FileExtension = @".signalbackup";
 NSString *const OWSBackup_EncryptionKeyFilename = @".encryptionKey";
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.h b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.h
index 2cde37f43..4a5e1fb8f 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.h
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.h
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ extern const NSUInteger kIdentityKeyLength;
 #pragma mark - Debug
 
 #if DEBUG
+// Clears everything except the local identity key.
 - (void)clearIdentityState;
-- (void)archiveIdentityState;
+
+- (void)snapshotIdentityState;
 - (void)restoreIdentityState;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.m
index 7a6132665..4e2e20cef 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSIdentityManager.m
@@ -771,17 +771,19 @@ NSString *const kNSNotificationName_IdentityStateDidChange = @"kNSNotificationNa
 
 - (NSString *)identityKeySnapshotFilePath
 {
+    // Prefix name with period "." so that backups will ignore these snapshots.
     NSString *dirPath = [OWSFileSystem appDocumentDirectoryPath];
     return [dirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@".identity-key-snapshot"];
 }
 
 - (NSString *)trustedKeySnapshotFilePath
 {
+    // Prefix name with period "." so that backups will ignore these snapshots.
     NSString *dirPath = [OWSFileSystem appDocumentDirectoryPath];
     return [dirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@".trusted-key-snapshot"];
 }
 
-- (void)archiveIdentityState
+- (void)snapshotIdentityState
 {
     [self.dbConnection snapshotCollection:TSStorageManagerIdentityKeyStoreCollection
                          snapshotFilePath:self.identityKeySnapshotFilePath];
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.h b/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.h
index 4bec5de02..2e1cf67b3 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.h
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 - (void)resetSessionStore;
 #if DEBUG
-- (void)archiveSessionStore;
+- (void)snapshotSessionStore;
 - (void)restoreSessionStore;
 #endif
 - (void)printAllSessions;
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.m
index 0d6d96263..d90e719e8 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Storage/AxolotlStore/TSStorageManager+SessionStore.m
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ void AssertIsOnSessionStoreQueue()
 
 - (void)resetSessionStore
 {
+    AssertIsOnSessionStoreQueue();
+
     DDLogWarn(@"%@ resetting session store", self.logTag);
     [self.sessionDBConnection readWriteWithBlock:^(YapDatabaseReadWriteTransaction *_Nonnull transaction) {
         [transaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:TSStorageManagerSessionStoreCollection];
@@ -247,11 +249,12 @@ void AssertIsOnSessionStoreQueue()
 #if DEBUG
 - (NSString *)snapshotFilePath
 {
+    // Prefix name with period "." so that backups will ignore these snapshots.
     NSString *dirPath = [OWSFileSystem appDocumentDirectoryPath];
     return [dirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@".session-snapshot"];
 }
 
-- (void)archiveSessionStore
+- (void)snapshotSessionStore
 {
     AssertIsOnSessionStoreQueue();