diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
index 48f11d0c..a2fb9d4a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 /*
-Creates a new nodeDb object from the actual configuration
+Creates a new nodeDb object from the on-disk configuration
 */
 func New() (NodeYaml, error) {
 	wwlog.Verbose("Opening node configuration file: %s", ConfigFile)
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ func New() (NodeYaml, error) {
 }
 
 
+// Parse constructs a new nodeDb object from an input YAML
+// document. Passes any errors return from yaml.Unmarshal. Returns an
+// error if any parsed value is not of a valid type for the given
+// parameter.
 func Parse(data []byte) (NodeYaml, error) {
 	var ret NodeYaml
 	var err error
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go b/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
index 8513b5ed..8f2081d7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/modifiers.go
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ func (config *NodeYaml) Persist() error {
 }
 
 
+// Dump returns a YAML document representing the nodeDb
+// instance. Passes through any errors generated by yaml.Marshal.
 func (config *NodeYaml) Dump() ([]byte, error) {
 	// flatten out profiles and nodes
 	for _, val := range config.NodeProfiles {