diff --git a/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.js b/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.js
index 41a1ea1a5..2c22ce404 100644
--- a/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.js
+++ b/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const { TYPE_REFERENCE } = require( './constants.js' );
  * @return {boolean|null} Null when there is no way the popup type can be enabled at run-time.
  */
 function isReferencePreviewsEnabled( user, isPreviewTypeEnabled, config ) {
-	if ( !config.get( 'wgCiteReferencePreviews' ) ) {
+	if ( !config.get( 'wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive' ) ) {
 		return null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/referencePreviewsInstrumentation.js b/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/referencePreviewsInstrumentation.js
index 16a81eb40..fa156a965 100644
--- a/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/referencePreviewsInstrumentation.js
+++ b/modules/ext.cite.referencePreviews/referencePreviewsInstrumentation.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const LOGGING_SCHEMA = 'event.ReferencePreviewsPopups';
  * Run once the preview is initialized.
  */
 function initReferencePreviewsInstrumentation() {
-	if ( mw.config.get( 'wgCiteReferencePreviews' ) &&
+	if ( mw.config.get( 'wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive' ) &&
 		navigator.sendBeacon &&
 		mw.config.get( 'wgIsArticle' ) &&
 		!isTracking
diff --git a/src/Hooks/CiteHooks.php b/src/Hooks/CiteHooks.php
index 88547fb19..8f528d04b 100644
--- a/src/Hooks/CiteHooks.php
+++ b/src/Hooks/CiteHooks.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class CiteHooks implements
 			$out->getConfig(),
 			$this->userOptionsLookup
 		);
-		$vars['wgCiteReferencePreviews'] = $referencePreviewsContext->isReferencePreviewsEnabled(
+		$vars['wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive'] = $referencePreviewsContext->isReferencePreviewsEnabled(
 			$out->getUser(),
 			$out->getSkin()
 		);
diff --git a/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsContext.php b/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsContext.php
index 3e7f9bee3..bc7e992aa 100644
--- a/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsContext.php
+++ b/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsContext.php
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ use Skin;
 class ReferencePreviewsContext {
 
 	private Config $config;
-
 	private ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration $gadgetsIntegration;
-
 	private UserOptionsLookup $userOptionsLookup;
 
 	public function __construct(
@@ -34,6 +32,11 @@ class ReferencePreviewsContext {
 	 */
 	public const REFERENCE_PREVIEWS_PREFERENCE_NAME = 'popups-reference-previews';
 
+	/**
+	 * If the client-side code for Reference Previews should continue loading
+	 * (see isReferencePreviewsEnabled.js), incorporating decisions we can only make after the
+	 * ResourceLoader module was registered via {@see CiteHooks::onResourceLoaderRegisterModules}.
+	 */
 	public function isReferencePreviewsEnabled( User $user, Skin $skin ): bool {
 		if (
 			// T243822: Temporarily disabled in the mobile skin
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ class ReferencePreviewsContext {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Anonymous users can (de)activate the feature via a cookie at runtime, hence it must load
 		return !$user->isNamed() || $this->userOptionsLookup->getBoolOption(
 				$user, self::REFERENCE_PREVIEWS_PREFERENCE_NAME
 			);
diff --git a/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration.php b/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration.php
index 48b7cf379..c38315a9b 100644
--- a/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration.php
+++ b/src/ReferencePreviews/ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration.php
@@ -13,19 +13,16 @@ use Wikimedia\Services\NoSuchServiceException;
 /**
  * Gadgets integration
  *
- * @package ReferencePreviews
  * @license GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
 class ReferencePreviewsGadgetsIntegration {
 
 	public const CONFIG_NAVIGATION_POPUPS_NAME = 'CiteReferencePreviewsConflictingNavPopupsGadgetName';
-
 	public const CONFIG_REFERENCE_TOOLTIPS_NAME = 'CiteReferencePreviewsConflictingRefTooltipsGadgetName';
 
 	private ?GadgetRepo $gadgetRepo;
 
 	private string $navPopupsGadgetName;
-
 	private string $refTooltipsGadgetName;
 
 	public function __construct( Config $config ) {
diff --git a/tests/qunit/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.test.js b/tests/qunit/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.test.js
index 0d20296f6..fc79e2522 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.test.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/ext.cite.referencePreviews/isReferencePreviewsEnabled.test.js
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ QUnit.test( 'relevant combinations of anonymous flags', ( assert ) => {
 	[
 		{
 			testCase: 'enabled for an anonymous user',
-			wgCiteReferencePreviews: true,
+			wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive: true,
 			isAnon: true,
 			enabledByAnon: true,
 			expected: true
 		},
 		{
 			testCase: 'turned off via the feature flag (anonymous user)',
-			wgCiteReferencePreviews: false,
+			wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive: false,
 			isAnon: true,
 			enabledByAnon: true,
 			expected: null
 		},
 		{
 			testCase: 'manually disabled by the anonymous user',
-			wgCiteReferencePreviews: true,
+			wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive: true,
 			isAnon: true,
 			enabledByAnon: false,
 			expected: false
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ QUnit.test( 'relevant combinations of anonymous flags', ( assert ) => {
 				return data.enabledByAnon;
 			},
 			config = new Map();
-		config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviews', data.wgCiteReferencePreviews );
+		config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive', data.wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive );
 
 		if ( data.isAnon ) {
 			user.options.get = () => assert.true( false, 'not expected to be called 2' );
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ QUnit.test( 'it should display reference previews when conditions are fulfilled'
 		userSettings = createStubUserSettings( false ),
 		config = new Map();
 
-	config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviews', true );
+	config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive', true );
 
 	assert.true(
 		require( 'ext.cite.referencePreviews' ).private.isReferencePreviewsEnabled( user, userSettings, config ),
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ QUnit.test( 'it should not be enabled when the global is disabling it', ( assert
 		userSettings = createStubUserSettings( false ),
 		config = new Map();
 
-	config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviews', false );
+	config.set( 'wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive', false );
 
 	assert.strictEqual(
 		require( 'ext.cite.referencePreviews' ).private.isReferencePreviewsEnabled( user, userSettings, config ),