diff --git a/pkg/cache/cache.go b/pkg/cache/cache.go
index f4e7152c26..160fdcfc78 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/cache.go
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	UnsafeDisableDeepCopy *bool
 
 	// FailOnUnknownResource configures the cache to return a ErrResourceNotCached error when a user
-	// requests a resource the cache is not configured to hold. This error is distinct from an
-	// errors.NotFound.
+	// requests, using Get() and List(), a resource the cache does not already have an informer for.
+	//
+	// This error is distinct from an errors.NotFound.
 	//
 	// Defaults to false, which means that the cache will start a new informer
 	// for every new requested resource.
diff --git a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
index ce66ace332..3fd9d38339 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Informer Cache", func() {
 	CacheTest(cache.New, cache.Options{})
 })
 
-var _ = Describe("Informer Cache with miss policy = fail", func() {
-	CacheTestMissPolicyFail(cache.New, cache.Options{FailOnUnknownResource: true})
+var _ = Describe("Informer Cache with FailOnUnknownResource", func() {
+	CacheTestFailOnUnknownResource(cache.New, cache.Options{FailOnUnknownResource: true})
 })
 
 var _ = Describe("Multi-Namespace Informer Cache", func() {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Cache with selectors", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-func CacheTestMissPolicyFail(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (cache.Cache, error), opts cache.Options) {
+func CacheTestFailOnUnknownResource(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cache.Options) (cache.Cache, error), opts cache.Options) {
 	Describe("Cache test with UnknownResourcePolicy = fail", func() {
 		var (
 			informerCache       cache.Cache
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ func CacheTestMissPolicyFail(createCacheFunc func(config *rest.Config, opts cach
 				It("should not be able to list objects that haven't been watched previously", func() {
 					By("listing all services in the cluster")
 					listObj := &corev1.ServiceList{}
-					fmt.Printf("%#v\n", informerCache.List(context.Background(), listObj))
 					Expect(errors.As(informerCache.List(context.Background(), listObj), &errNotCached)).To(BeTrue())
 				})
 
diff --git a/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go b/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
index 836a38ade3..f530e576da 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/informer_cache.go
@@ -154,16 +154,15 @@ func (ic *informerCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object) (In
 }
 
 func (ic *informerCache) getInformerForKind(ctx context.Context, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, obj runtime.Object) (bool, *internal.Cache, error) {
-	switch {
-	case ic.failOnUnknown:
+	if ic.failOnUnknown {
 		cache, started, ok := ic.Informers.Peek(gvk, obj)
 		if !ok {
 			return false, nil, &errors.ErrResourceNotCached{GVK: gvk}
 		}
 		return started, cache, nil
-	default:
-		return ic.Informers.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
 	}
+
+	return ic.Informers.Get(ctx, gvk, obj)
 }
 
 // NeedLeaderElection implements the LeaderElectionRunnable interface
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
index f52101d3c2..177f6de798 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -3943,7 +3942,6 @@ type fakeReader struct {
 }
 
 func (f *fakeReader) Get(ctx context.Context, key client.ObjectKey, obj client.Object, opts ...client.GetOption) error {
-	spew.Dump("key")
 	f.Called++
 	return nil
 }