diff --git a/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.cc b/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.cc
index 8562de847..c7a14602b 100644
--- a/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.cc
+++ b/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.cc
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@
  */
 #include "event-garbage-collector.h"
 
-#define CLEANUP_CHUNK_MIN_SIZE 8
-#define CLEANUP_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE 128
-
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \ingroup core-helpers
+ * \ingroup events
+ * ns3::EventGarbageCollector implementation.
+ */
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
 
-EventGarbageCollector::EventGarbageCollector () :
-  m_nextCleanupSize (CLEANUP_CHUNK_MIN_SIZE)
+EventGarbageCollector::EventGarbageCollector ()
+  : m_nextCleanupSize (CHUNK_INIT_SIZE),
+    m_events ()
 {
 }
 
@@ -42,8 +46,8 @@ EventGarbageCollector::Track (EventId event)
 void
 EventGarbageCollector::Grow ()
 {
-  m_nextCleanupSize += (m_nextCleanupSize < CLEANUP_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE ?
-                        m_nextCleanupSize : CLEANUP_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE);
+  m_nextCleanupSize += (m_nextCleanupSize < CHUNK_MAX_SIZE ?
+                        m_nextCleanupSize : CHUNK_MAX_SIZE);
 }
 
 void
@@ -54,7 +58,8 @@ EventGarbageCollector::Shrink ()
   Grow ();
 }
 
-// Called when a new event was added and the cleanup limit was exceeded in consequence.
+// Called when a new event was added and
+// the cleanup limit was exceeded in consequence.
 void
 EventGarbageCollector::Cleanup ()
 {
@@ -78,10 +83,9 @@ EventGarbageCollector::Cleanup ()
 
 EventGarbageCollector::~EventGarbageCollector ()
 {
-  for (EventList::iterator event = m_events.begin ();
-       event != m_events.end (); event++)
+  for (auto event : m_events)
     {
-      Simulator::Cancel (*event);
+      Simulator::Cancel (event);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.h b/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.h
index fe92ecd0a..8e70fd299 100644
--- a/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.h
+++ b/src/core/helper/event-garbage-collector.h
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@
 #include "ns3/event-id.h"
 #include "ns3/simulator.h"
 
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \ingroup events
+ * \ingroup core-helpers
+ * ns3::EventGarbageCollector declaration.
+ */
+
 namespace ns3 {
 
 /**
  * \ingroup events
+ * \ingroup core-helpers
  *
  * \brief An object that tracks scheduled events and automatically
  * cancels them when it is destroyed.  It is useful in situations
@@ -43,44 +51,44 @@ public:
 
   /**
    * \brief Tracks a new event
+   * \param [in] event the Event to track
    */
   void Track (EventId event);
 
   ~EventGarbageCollector ();
 
 private:
- 
-  /**
-   * \brief comparison operator for std::multiset
-   */
-  struct EventIdLessThanTs
-  {
-    /**
-     * \brief comparison operator for std::multiset
-     */
-    bool operator () (const EventId &a, const EventId &b) const
-    {
-      return (a.GetTs () < b.GetTs ());
-    }
-  };
 
   /** Event list container */
-  typedef std::multiset<EventId, EventIdLessThanTs> EventList;
+  typedef std::multiset<EventId> EventList;
 
-  EventList::size_type m_nextCleanupSize;      //!< batch size for cleanup
-  EventList m_events;                          //!< the tracked event list 
+  /** Initial threshold for cleaning the event list. */
+  const typename EventList::size_type CHUNK_INIT_SIZE = 8;
+  /**
+   * Threshold to switch from exponential to linear growth
+   * in the cleanup frequency.
+   */
+  const typename EventList::size_type CHUNK_MAX_SIZE = 128;
+  
+  EventList::size_type m_nextCleanupSize;      //!< Batch size for cleanup
+  EventList m_events;                          //!< The tracked event list 
 
   /**
-   * \brief called when a new event was added and the cleanup limit was
+   * \brief Called when a new event was added and the cleanup limit was
    * exceeded in consequence.
    */
   void Cleanup ();
   /**
-   * \brief grow the cleanup limit
+   * \brief Grow the cleanup limit.
+   * Increase the cleanup size by the smaller of
+   * the current cleanup size (exponential growth),
+   * or the CHUNK_MAX_SIZE (linear growth).
    */
   void Grow ();
   /**
-   * \brief shrink the cleanup limit
+   * \brief Shrink the cleanup limit
+   * Reduce the cleanup size by factors of two until less than the
+   * current event list, then Grow one step.
    */
   void Shrink ();
 };