diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
index b9afc876e74..75b6aaf64c9 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
@@ -1093,8 +1093,8 @@ func TestVStreamHeartbeats(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestVStreamPushdownFilters confirms that pushdown filters are applied correctly
 // when they are specified in the VStream API via the rule.Filter.
-// It also confirms that we use the proper collations for the vstream filter when
-// using varchar fields.
+// It also confirms that we use the proper collation for the VStream filter when
+// using VARCHAR fields.
 func TestVStreamPushdownFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ func TestVStreamPushdownFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	defer vtgateConn.Close()
 	verifyClusterHealth(t, vc)
 
-	// Make sure that we get at least one paul event in the copy phase.
+	// Make sure that we get at least one paul row event in the copy phase.
 	_, err = vtgateConn.ExecuteFetch(fmt.Sprintf("insert into %s.customer (name) values ('PAUĹ')", ks), 1, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/table_plan_builder.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/table_plan_builder.go
index 1d62053a28c..b8a86b94de5 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/table_plan_builder.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/table_plan_builder.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/textutil"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/key"
-	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/sqlparser"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vterrors"
 
@@ -214,7 +213,6 @@ func buildTablePlan(tableName string, rule *binlogdatapb.Rule, colInfos []*Colum
 
 	filter := rule.Filter
 	query := filter
-	log.Errorf("DEBUG: building table plan for %s with filter: %s", tableName, filter)
 	// generate equivalent select statement if filter is empty or a keyrange.
 	switch {
 	case filter == "":
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/planbuilder.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/planbuilder.go
index 1b7d9d6b69b..e15e70b9fba 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/planbuilder.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/planbuilder.go
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ type Plan struct {
 	// of the table.
 	Filters []Filter
 
-	// Predicates in the Filter query that we can push down to
-	// MySQL to reduce the returned rows we need to filter.
-	// This will contain any valid expressions in the Filter's
-	// WHERE clause with the exception of the in_keyrange()
-	// function which is a filter that must be applied by the
-	// vstreamer (it's not a valid MySQL function).
+	// Predicates in the Filter query that we can push down to MySQL
+	// to reduce the returned rows we need to filter in the VStreamer
+	// during the copy phase. This will contain any valid expressions
+	// in the Filter's WHERE clause with the exception of the
+	// in_keyrange() function which is a filter that must be applied
+	// by the VStreamer (it's not a valid MySQL function). Note that
+	// the Filter cannot contain any MySQL functions because the
+	// VStreamer cannot filter binlog events using them.
 	whereExprsToPushDown []sqlparser.Expr
 
 	// Convert any integer values seen in the binlog events for ENUM or SET
@@ -572,9 +574,9 @@ func (plan *Plan) analyzeWhere(vschema *localVSchema, where *sqlparser.Where) er
 	if where == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	// Only a series of AND expressions are supported.
 	exprs := splitAndExpression(nil, where.Expr)
 	for _, expr := range exprs {
-		log.Errorf("DEBUG: analyzing where expression of type %T: %v", expr, sqlparser.String(expr))
 		switch expr := expr.(type) {
 		case *sqlparser.ComparisonExpr:
 			opcode, err := getOpcode(expr)
@@ -628,11 +630,10 @@ func (plan *Plan) analyzeWhere(vschema *localVSchema, where *sqlparser.Where) er
 				Value:  resolved.Value(plan.env.CollationEnv().DefaultConnectionCharset()),
 			})
 			// Add it to the expressions that get pushed down to mysqld.
-			log.Errorf("DEBUG: adding to list of pushdown expressions: %v", sqlparser.String(expr))
 			plan.whereExprsToPushDown = append(plan.whereExprsToPushDown, expr)
 		case *sqlparser.FuncExpr:
-			// We cannot filter binlog events in vstreamer using MySQL functions so
-			// we only allow the in_keyrange() function, which is vstreamer specific.
+			// We cannot filter binlog events in VStreamer using MySQL functions so
+			// we only allow the in_keyrange() function, which is VStreamer specific.
 			if !expr.Name.EqualString("in_keyrange") {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unsupported constraint: %v", sqlparser.String(expr))
 			}
@@ -658,7 +659,6 @@ func (plan *Plan) analyzeWhere(vschema *localVSchema, where *sqlparser.Where) er
 				Opcode: IsNotNull,
 				ColNum: colnum,
 			})
-			log.Errorf("DEBUG: adding to list of pushdown expressions: %v", sqlparser.String(expr))
 			// Add it to the expressions that get pushed down to mysqld.
 			plan.whereExprsToPushDown = append(plan.whereExprsToPushDown, expr)
 		default:
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
index bc22bfa482d..b4ba5b69155 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/rowstreamer.go
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) Stream() error {
 func (rs *rowStreamer) buildPlan() error {
 	// This pre-parsing is required to extract the table name
 	// and create its metadata.
-	log.Errorf("DEBUG: building rowstreamer plan from query: %s", rs.query)
 	sel, fromTable, err := analyzeSelect(rs.query, rs.se.Environment().Parser())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) buildPlan() error {
 		log.Errorf("%s", err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Errorf("DEBUG: rowstreamer plan: %+v", rs.plan)
 
 	directives := sel.Comments.Directives()
 	if s, found := directives.GetString("ukColumns", ""); found {
@@ -200,7 +198,6 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) buildPlan() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Errorf("DEBUG: rowstreamer final query: %s", rs.sendQuery)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -269,7 +266,6 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) buildSelect(st *binlogdatapb.MinimalTable) (string, error
 			if i != 0 {
 				buf.Myprintf(" and ")
 			}
-			log.Errorf("DEBUG: adding pushdown expression to rowstreamer query: %s", sqlparser.String(expr))
 			buf.Myprintf("%s", sqlparser.String(expr))
 		}
 	}
@@ -289,15 +285,16 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) buildSelect(st *binlogdatapb.MinimalTable) (string, error
 		indexHint = fmt.Sprintf(" force index (%s)", escapedPKIndexName)
 	}
 	buf.Myprintf(" from %v%s", sqlparser.NewIdentifierCS(rs.plan.Table.Name), indexHint)
-	if len(rs.lastpk) != 0 {
+	if len(rs.lastpk) != 0 { // We're in the copy phase and need to resume
 		if len(rs.lastpk) != len(rs.pkColumns) {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot build a row streamer plan for the %s table as a lastpk value was provided and the number of primary key values within it (%v) does not match the number of primary key columns in the table (%d)",
 				st.Name, rs.lastpk, rs.pkColumns)
 		}
 		buf.WriteString(" where ")
-		addPushdownExpressions()
 		// First we add any predicates that should be pushed down.
+		addPushdownExpressions()
 		if len(rs.plan.whereExprsToPushDown) > 0 {
+			// Only AND expressions are supported.
 			buf.Myprintf(" and ")
 		}
 		prefix := ""
@@ -312,13 +309,14 @@ func (rs *rowStreamer) buildSelect(st *binlogdatapb.MinimalTable) (string, error
 			for i, pk := range rs.pkColumns[:lastcol] {
 				buf.Myprintf("%v = ", sqlparser.NewIdentifierCI(rs.plan.Table.Fields[pk].Name))
 				rs.lastpk[i].EncodeSQL(buf)
+				// Only AND expressions are supported.
 				buf.Myprintf(" and ")
 			}
 			buf.Myprintf("%v > ", sqlparser.NewIdentifierCI(rs.plan.Table.Fields[rs.pkColumns[lastcol]].Name))
 			rs.lastpk[lastcol].EncodeSQL(buf)
 			buf.Myprintf(")")
 		}
-	} else if len(rs.plan.whereExprsToPushDown) > 0 {
+	} else if len(rs.plan.whereExprsToPushDown) > 0 { // We're in the running/replicating phase
 		buf.Myprintf(" where ")
 		addPushdownExpressions()
 	}
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/uvstreamer.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/uvstreamer.go
index 5e68b5ec258..ea475d19676 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/uvstreamer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/uvstreamer.go
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ func (uvs *uvstreamer) buildTablePlan() error {
 		if rule == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		log.Errorf("DEBUG: building table plan for table %s, with filter: %s", tableName, rule.Filter)
 		plan := &tablePlan{
 			tablePK: nil,
 			rule: &binlogdatapb.Rule{