diff --git a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch-missing.tsx b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch-missing.tsx
index 5454b6fdf..b6738d119 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch-missing.tsx
+++ b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch-missing.tsx
@@ -10,15 +10,30 @@ export type EpochMissingOverviewProps = {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Renders a set of details for an epoch that has no representation in the
+ * data node. This is primarily for one of two reasons:
+ *
+ * 1. The epoch hasn't happened yet
+ * 2. The epoch happened before a snapshot, and thus the details don't exist
+ *
+ * This component is used when the API has responded with no data for an epoch
+ * by ID, so we already know that we can't display start time/block etc.
+ *
+ * We can detect 1 if the epoch is a higher number than the current epoch
+ * We can detect 2 if the epoch is in the past, but we still get no response.
  */
 const EpochMissingOverview = ({
   missingEpochId,
 }: EpochMissingOverviewProps) => {
   const { data, error, loading } = useExplorerFutureEpochQuery();
 
+  // This should not happen, but it's easily handled
   if (!missingEpochId) {
     return <span>-</span>;
   }
+
+  // No data should also not happen - we've requested the current epoch. This
+  // could happen at chain restart, but shouldn't. If it does, fallback.
   if (!data || loading || error) {
     return <span>{missingEpochId}</span>;
   }
@@ -27,9 +42,11 @@ const EpochMissingOverview = ({
   // Let's assume it is
   let isInFuture = true;
 
+  // Blank string will be return 0 seconds from getSecondsFromInterval
   const epochLength = data.networkParameter?.value || '';
-  const epochLengthInSeconds = getSeconds(epochLength);
+  const epochLengthInSeconds = getSecondsFromInterval(epochLength);
 
+  // If we have enough information to predict a future or past block time, let's do it
   if (missingEpochId && data.epoch.id && data.epoch.timestamps.start) {
     const missing = parseInt(missingEpochId);
     const current = parseInt(data.epoch.id);
@@ -65,7 +82,15 @@ const EpochMissingOverview = ({
 
 export default EpochMissingOverview;
 
-function getSeconds(str: string) {
+/**
+ * Parses the interval string we get for the epoch length from the
+ * network parameter API. These are in the format '1D2H3m' for 1 day,
+ * 2 hours and 3 minutes.
+ *
+ * @param str Interval string
+ * @returns integer the number of seconds the interval represents
+ */
+export function getSecondsFromInterval(str: string) {
   let seconds = 0;
   const months = str.match(/(\d+)\s*M/);
   const days = str.match(/(\d+)\s*D/);
diff --git a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch.tsx b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch.tsx
index 332bc81ff..2cf8d84e3 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch.tsx
+++ b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/epoch-overview/epoch.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export type EpochOverviewProps = {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Displays detailed information about an epoch, given an ID. This
+ * works for past epochs and current epochs - future epochs, and a
+ * few other situations (see epoch-missing) will not return us
+ * enough information to render this.
+ *
+ * The details are hidden in a tooltip, behind the epoch number
  */
 const EpochOverview = ({ id }: EpochOverviewProps) => {
   const { data, error, loading } = useExplorerEpochQuery({
@@ -96,6 +102,11 @@ export type IconForEpochProps = {
   end: string;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Chooses an icon to display next to the epoch number, representing
+ * when the epoch is relative to now (i.e. not yet started, started,
+ * finished)
+ */
 function IconForEpoch({ start, end }: IconForEpochProps) {
   const startHasPassed = isPast(new Date(start));
   const endHasPassed = end ? isPast(new Date(end)) : false;
diff --git a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/shared/tx-details-shared.tsx b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/shared/tx-details-shared.tsx
index 68a0463fb..e7c892afc 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/shared/tx-details-shared.tsx
+++ b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/shared/tx-details-shared.tsx
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ interface TxDetailsSharedProps {
   txData: BlockExplorerTransactionResult | undefined;
   pubKey: string | undefined;
   blockData: TendermintBlocksResponse | undefined;
+
+  // A transitional property used in some complex TX types to display more detailed type information
+  // than the shared component can derive
+  hideTypeRow?: boolean;
 }
 
 // Applied to all header cells
-const sharedHeaderProps = {
+export const sharedHeaderProps = {
   // Ensures that multi line contents still have the header aligned to the first line
   className: 'align-top',
 };
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ export const TxDetailsShared = ({
   txData,
   pubKey,
   blockData,
+  hideTypeRow = false,
 }: TxDetailsSharedProps) => {
   if (!txData) {
     return <>{t('Awaiting Block Explorer transaction details')}</>;
@@ -41,10 +46,12 @@ export const TxDetailsShared = ({
 
   return (
     <>
-      <TableRow modifier="bordered">
-        <TableCell {...sharedHeaderProps}>{t('Type')}</TableCell>
-        <TableCell>{txData.type}</TableCell>
-      </TableRow>
+      {hideTypeRow === false ? (
+        <TableRow modifier="bordered">
+          <TableCell {...sharedHeaderProps}>{t('Type')}</TableCell>
+          <TableCell>{txData.type}</TableCell>
+        </TableRow>
+      ) : null}
       <TableRow modifier="bordered">
         <TableCell {...sharedHeaderProps}>{t('Hash')}</TableCell>
         <TableCell>
diff --git a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/tx-transfer.tsx b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/tx-transfer.tsx
index fb269b872..955677399 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/tx-transfer.tsx
+++ b/apps/explorer/src/app/components/txs/details/tx-transfer.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 import { t } from '@vegaprotocol/react-helpers';
 import type { BlockExplorerTransactionResult } from '../../../routes/types/block-explorer-response';
-import type { TendermintBlocksResponse } from '../../../routes/blocks/tendermint-blocks-response';
-import { TxDetailsShared } from './shared/tx-details-shared';
+import type {
+  Block,
+  TendermintBlocksResponse,
+} from '../../../routes/blocks/tendermint-blocks-response';
+import { sharedHeaderProps, TxDetailsShared } from './shared/tx-details-shared';
 import { TableRow, TableCell, TableWithTbody } from '../../table';
 
 import type { components } from '../../../../types/explorer';
 import { PartyLink } from '../../links';
 import SizeInAsset from '../../size-in-asset/size-in-asset';
 import { TransferRecurring } from './transfer/transfer-recurring';
+import {
+  SPECIAL_CASE_NETWORK,
+  SPECIAL_CASE_NETWORK_ID,
+} from '../../links/party-link/party-link';
 
 type Transfer = components['schemas']['commandsv1Transfer'];
 
@@ -45,10 +52,15 @@ export const TxDetailsTransfer = ({
   return (
     <>
       <TableWithTbody className="mb-8" allowWrap={true}>
+        <TableRow modifier="bordered">
+          <TableCell {...sharedHeaderProps}>{t('Type')}</TableCell>
+          <TableCell>{getTypeLabelForTransfer(transfer)}</TableCell>
+        </TableRow>
         <TxDetailsShared
           txData={txData}
           pubKey={pubKey}
           blockData={blockData}
+          hideTypeRow={true}
         />
         {from ? (
           <TableRow modifier="bordered">
@@ -79,3 +91,24 @@ export const TxDetailsTransfer = ({
     </>
   );
 };
+
+/**
+ * Gets a string description of this transfer
+ * @param txData A full transfer
+ * @returns string Transfer label
+ */
+export function getTypeLabelForTransfer(tx: Transfer) {
+  if (tx.to === SPECIAL_CASE_NETWORK || tx.to === SPECIAL_CASE_NETWORK_ID) {
+    if (tx.recurring && tx.recurring.dispatchStrategy) {
+      return 'Reward top up transfer';
+    }
+    // Else: we don't know that it's a reward transfer, so let's not guess
+  } else if (tx.recurring) {
+    return 'Recurring transfer';
+  } else if (tx.oneOff) {
+    // Currently redundant, but could be used to indicate something more specific
+    return 'Transfer';
+  }
+
+  return 'Transfer';
+}