diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-regress-GH-4015.js b/test/fixtures/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-regress-GH-4015.js
rename to test/fixtures/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1726.js b/test/sequential/test-child-process-exit.js
similarity index 98%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1726.js
rename to test/sequential/test-child-process-exit.js
index 1291dec261ccf6..303f015cf0aebd 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1726.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-child-process-exit.js
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
 // Open a chain of five Node processes each a child of the next. The final
-// process exits immediately. Each process in the chain is instructed to
-// exit when its child exits.
+// process exits immediately. Each process in the chain is instructed to exit
+// when its child exits.
 // https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/1726
 
-require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const ch = require('child_process');
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4015.js b/test/sequential/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js
similarity index 76%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4015.js
rename to test/sequential/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js
index cac20c7948ae2f..9c9109989a19c3 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4015.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js
@@ -22,11 +22,19 @@
 'use strict';
 require('../common');
 const { fixturesDir } = require('../common/fixtures');
+
+// Check that the calls to Integer::New() and Date::New() succeed and bail out
+// if they don't.
+// V8 returns an empty handle on stack overflow. Trying to set the empty handle
+// as a property on an object results in a NULL pointer dereference in release
+// builds and an assert in debug builds.
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/4015
+
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { exec } = require('child_process');
 
 const cmd =
-  `"${process.execPath}" "${fixturesDir}/test-regress-GH-4015.js"`;
+  `"${process.execPath}" "${fixturesDir}/test-fs-stat-sync-overflow.js"`;
 
 exec(cmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
   assert(/RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded/.test(stderr));
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4027.js b/test/sequential/test-fs-watch-file-enoent-after-deletion.js
similarity index 81%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4027.js
rename to test/sequential/test-fs-watch-file-enoent-after-deletion.js
index 8936537323581e..f5b9012acabe58 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-4027.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-fs-watch-file-enoent-after-deletion.js
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+
+// Make sure the deletion event gets reported in the following scenario:
+// 1. Watch a file.
+// 2. The initial stat() goes okay.
+// 3. Something deletes the watched file.
+// 4. The second stat() fails with ENOENT.
+
+// The second stat() translates into the first 'change' event but a logic error
+// stopped it from getting emitted.
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/4027
+
 const assert = require('assert');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js b/test/sequential/test-http-econnrefused.js
similarity index 96%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js
rename to test/sequential/test-http-econnrefused.js
index 4b285020d45a35..ff4508963b9877 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-784.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-http-econnrefused.js
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
-// Regression test for GH-784
-// https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/784
-//
+const common = require('../common');
+
 // The test works by making a total of 8 requests to the server.  The first
 // two are made with the server off - they should come back as ECONNREFUSED.
 // The next two are made with server on - they should come back successful.
 // The next two are made with the server off - and so on.  Without the fix
-// we were experiencing parse errors and instead of ECONNREFUSED.
-const common = require('../common');
+// we were experiencing parse errors instead of ECONNREFUSED.
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/784
+
 const http = require('http');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-877.js b/test/sequential/test-http-max-sockets.js
similarity index 94%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-877.js
rename to test/sequential/test-http-max-sockets.js
index c717c2dd74f444..24629448f7ac77 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-877.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-http-max-sockets.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+
+// Make sure http server doesn't wait for socket pool to establish connections
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/877
+
 const http = require('http');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1697.js b/test/sequential/test-net-response-size.js
similarity index 91%
rename from test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1697.js
rename to test/sequential/test-net-response-size.js
index 9d2555705ab023..c5d7e9b600e05d 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-1697.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-net-response-size.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+
+// Make sure the net module's server doesn't throw an error when handling
+// responses that are either too long or too small (especially on Windows)
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/1697
+
 const net = require('net');
 const cp = require('child_process');