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diff --git a/src/experimental/ciphermodeofb.h b/src/unstable/ciphermodeofb.h
index e1b5108..19d0f83 100644
--- a/src/experimental/ciphermodeofb.h
+++ b/src/unstable/ciphermodeofb.h
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 
 namespace Bu
 {
+    /**
+     * Output Feedback Mode.  This cipher mode is one of the most resiliant.
+     * Instead of encrypting your data directly it encrypts a "key stream" using
+     * the initialization vector, and then XORs those blocks with your stream
+     * blocks.  This means that an error in your stream will still produce an
+     * error in the output, but it will not propegate.  Also, with most
+     * encryption schemes error correction codes on the source data will still
+     * work on the encrypted data or decrypted output.
+     */
     template<int iBlockSize, typename CipherType>
     class CipherModeOfb : public CipherType
     {