diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/history.test.tsx.snap b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/history.test.tsx.snap
index b473240946..c0c995884f 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/history.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/history.test.tsx.snap
@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@ exports[`history > multiplayer undo/redo > conflicts in arrows and their bindabl
   "strokeWidth": 2,
   "type": "arrow",
   "updated": 1,
-  "version": 30,
-  "width": 0,
+  "version": 28,
+  "width": 50,
   "x": 200,
   "y": 0,
 }
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ History {
                   0,
                 ],
                 [
-                  0,
+                  50,
                   0,
                 ],
               ],
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ History {
                   0,
                 ],
                 [
-                  0,
+                  50,
                   0,
                 ],
               ],
diff --git a/packages/math/ellipse.ts b/packages/math/ellipse.ts
index dd63cd814b..7127b6abc1 100644
--- a/packages/math/ellipse.ts
+++ b/packages/math/ellipse.ts
@@ -82,13 +82,21 @@ export const ellipseTouchesPoint = <Point extends GenericPoint>(
   ellipse: Ellipse<Point>,
   threshold = PRECISION,
 ) => {
-  return ellipseDistance(point, ellipse) <= threshold;
+  return ellipseDistanceFromPoint(point, ellipse) <= threshold;
 };
 
-export const ellipseDistance = <Point extends GenericPoint>(
+/**
+ * Determine the shortest euclidean distance from a point to the
+ * outline of the ellipse
+ *
+ * @param p The point to consider
+ * @param ellipse The ellipse to calculate the distance to
+ * @returns The eucledian distance
+ */
+export const ellipseDistanceFromPoint = <Point extends GenericPoint>(
   p: Point,
   ellipse: Ellipse<Point>,
-) => {
+): number => {
   const { angle, halfWidth, halfHeight, center } = ellipse;
   const a = halfWidth;
   const b = halfHeight;