diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/add-docblocks-to-products-shortcode-hooks b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/add-docblocks-to-products-shortcode-hooks
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c79db17c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/add-docblocks-to-products-shortcode-hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Added doc blocks to conditionally fired hooks to better explain nuanced behavior
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/shortcodes/class-wc-shortcode-products.php b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/shortcodes/class-wc-shortcode-products.php
index 9b551b3f2e0..51eed9c2753 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/shortcodes/class-wc-shortcode-products.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/shortcodes/class-wc-shortcode-products.php
@@ -641,8 +641,13 @@ class WC_Shortcode_Products {
 
 			do_action( "woocommerce_shortcode_before_{$this->type}_loop", $this->attributes );
 
-			// Fire standard shop loop hooks when paginating results so we can show result counts and so on.
 			if ( wc_string_to_bool( $this->attributes['paginate'] ) ) {
+				/**
+				 * Fire the standard shop hooks when paginating so we can display result counts etc.
+				 * If the pagination is not enabled, this hook will not be fired.
+				 *
+				 * @since 3.3.1
+				 */
 				do_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop' );
 			}
 
@@ -667,8 +672,13 @@ class WC_Shortcode_Products {
 			$GLOBALS['post'] = $original_post; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.GlobalVariablesOverride.Prohibited
 			woocommerce_product_loop_end();
 
-			// Fire standard shop loop hooks when paginating results so we can show result counts and so on.
 			if ( wc_string_to_bool( $this->attributes['paginate'] ) ) {
+				/**
+				 * Fire the standard shop hooks when paginating so we can display the pagination.
+				 * If the pagination is not enabled, this hook will not be fired.
+				 *
+				 * @since 3.3.1
+				 */
 				do_action( 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop' );
 			}