diff --git a/database/controller.go b/database/controller.go
index 902d7fc..415e22d 100644
--- a/database/controller.go
+++ b/database/controller.go
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ func (c *Controller) MaintainRecordStates(ctx context.Context, purgeDeletedBefor
 	return c.storage.MaintainRecordStates(ctx, purgeDeletedBefore)
 }
 
+// Purge deletes all records that match the given query. It returns the number of successful deletes and an error.
 func (c *Controller) Purge(ctx context.Context, q *query.Query, local, internal bool) (int, error) {
 	c.writeLock.RLock()
 	defer c.writeLock.RUnlock()
diff --git a/database/storage/bbolt/bbolt.go b/database/storage/bbolt/bbolt.go
index ca88864..34a281e 100644
--- a/database/storage/bbolt/bbolt.go
+++ b/database/storage/bbolt/bbolt.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (b *BBolt) MaintainRecordStates(ctx context.Context, purgeDeletedBefore tim
 }
 
 // Purge deletes all records that match the given query. It returns the number of successful deletes and an error.
-func (b *BBolt) Purge(ctx context.Context, q *query.Query, local, internal, shadowDelete bool) (int, error) {
+func (b *BBolt) Purge(ctx context.Context, q *query.Query, local, internal, shadowDelete bool) (int, error) { //nolint:gocognit
 	prefix := []byte(q.DatabaseKeyPrefix())
 
 	var cnt int