diff --git a/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py b/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
index cda634b4c..9586edcbc 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class ActivityStream(RedisStore):
         return [user.id for user in self._get_audience(status)]
 
     def get_stores_for_object(self, obj):
+        """the stores that an object belongs in"""
         return [self.stream_id(user_id) for user_id in self.get_audience(obj)]
 
     def get_statuses_for_user(self, user):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
diff --git a/bookwyrm/lists_stream.py b/bookwyrm/lists_stream.py
index e19e16566..e0618dc1b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/lists_stream.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/lists_stream.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ListsStream(RedisStore):
         return audience.distinct()
 
     def get_stores_for_object(self, obj):
+        """the stores that an object belongs in"""
         return [self.stream_id(u) for u in self.get_audience(obj)]
 
     def get_lists_for_user(self, user):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
diff --git a/bookwyrm/redis_store.py b/bookwyrm/redis_store.py
index 8904d123a..80bce4df3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/redis_store.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/redis_store.py
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ class RedisStore(ABC):
     def get_objects_for_store(self, store):
         """a queryset of what should go in a store, used for populating it"""
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_stores_for_object(self, obj):
-        """the stores that an object belongs in"""
-
     @abstractmethod
     def get_rank(self, obj):
         """how to rank an object"""
diff --git a/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py b/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
index 990bec11d..49edc83e9 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/suggested_users.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class SuggestedUsers(RedisStore):
         )
 
     def get_stores_for_object(self, obj):
+        """the stores that an object belongs in"""
         return [self.store_id(u) for u in self.get_users_for_object(obj)]
 
     def get_users_for_object(self, obj):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use