diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
index 892a4e5ba..1aebb1b21 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ select_v2(_Spec, Limit, Stream) ->
     select_next(Limit, Stream).
 
 select_next(N, Stream) ->
-    case emqx_utils_stream:take(N, Stream) of
+    case emqx_utils_stream:consume(N, Stream) of
         {Routes, SRest} ->
             {Routes, SRest};
         Routes ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_stream.erl b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_stream.erl
index e7374c861..79ce5ce7b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_stream.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_utils/src/emqx_utils_stream.erl
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 %% Evaluating
 -export([
     next/1,
-    take/2,
-    consume/1
+    consume/1,
+    consume/2
 ]).
 
 %% Streams from ETS tables
@@ -46,16 +46,20 @@
 
 %%
 
+%% @doc Make a stream that produces no values.
 -spec empty() -> stream(none()).
 empty() ->
     fun() -> [] end.
 
+%% @doc Make a stream out of the given list.
+%% Essentially it's an opposite of `consume/1`, i.e. `L = consume(list(L))`.
 -spec list([T]) -> stream(T).
 list([]) ->
     empty();
 list([X | Rest]) ->
     fun() -> [X | list(Rest)] end.
 
+%% @doc Make a stream by applying a function to each element of the underlying stream.
 -spec map(fun((X) -> Y), stream(X)) -> stream(Y).
 map(F, S) ->
     fun() ->
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ map(F, S) ->
         end
     end.
 
+%% @doc Make a stream by chaining (concatenating) two streams.
+%% The second stream begins to produce values only after the first one is exhausted.
 -spec chain(stream(X), stream(Y)) -> stream(X | Y).
 chain(SFirst, SThen) ->
     fun() ->
@@ -80,24 +86,12 @@ chain(SFirst, SThen) ->
 
 %%
 
+%% @doc Produce the next value from the stream.
 -spec next(stream(T)) -> next(T) | [].
 next(S) ->
     S().
 
--spec take(non_neg_integer(), stream(T)) -> {[T], stream(T)} | [T].
-take(N, S) ->
-    take(N, S, []).
-
-take(0, S, Acc) ->
-    {lists:reverse(Acc), S};
-take(N, S, Acc) ->
-    case next(S) of
-        [X | SRest] ->
-            take(N - 1, SRest, [X | Acc]);
-        [] ->
-            lists:reverse(Acc)
-    end.
-
+%% @doc Consume the stream and return a list of all produced values.
 -spec consume(stream(T)) -> [T].
 consume(S) ->
     case next(S) of
@@ -107,6 +101,22 @@ consume(S) ->
             []
     end.
 
+%% @doc Consume N values from the stream and return a list of them and the rest of the stream.
+%% If the stream is exhausted before N values are produced, return just a list of these values.
+-spec consume(non_neg_integer(), stream(T)) -> {[T], stream(T)} | [T].
+consume(N, S) ->
+    consume(N, S, []).
+
+consume(0, S, Acc) ->
+    {lists:reverse(Acc), S};
+consume(N, S, Acc) ->
+    case next(S) of
+        [X | SRest] ->
+            consume(N - 1, SRest, [X | Acc]);
+        [] ->
+            lists:reverse(Acc)
+    end.
+
 %%
 
 -type select_result(Record, Cont) ::
@@ -114,6 +124,11 @@ consume(S) ->
     | {[Record], '$end_of_table'}
     | '$end_of_table'.
 
+%% @doc Make a stream out of an ETS table, where the ETS table is scanned through in chunks,
+%% with the given continuation function. The function is assumed to return a result of a call to:
+%% * `ets:select/1` / `ets:select/3`
+%% * `ets:match/1` / `ets:match/3`
+%% * `ets:match_object/1` / `ets:match_object/3`
 -spec ets(fun((Cont) -> select_result(Record, Cont))) -> stream(Record).
 ets(ContF) ->
     ets(undefined, ContF).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_utils/test/emqx_utils_stream_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_utils/test/emqx_utils_stream_tests.erl
index 0f98bae21..4a48ae45d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_utils/test/emqx_utils_stream_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_utils/test/emqx_utils_stream_tests.erl
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ chain_take_test() ->
     ),
     ?assertMatch(
         {[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], _SRest},
-        emqx_utils_stream:take(5, S)
+        emqx_utils_stream:consume(5, S)
     ),
-    {_, SRest} = emqx_utils_stream:take(5, S),
+    {_, SRest} = emqx_utils_stream:consume(5, S),
     ?assertEqual(
         [6, 7, 8],
-        emqx_utils_stream:take(5, SRest)
+        emqx_utils_stream:consume(5, SRest)
     ).
 
 chain_list_map_test() ->