diff --git a/contracts/token/TransferableToken.sol b/contracts/token/TransferableToken.sol
index 520ae3f26..e7df65194 100644
--- a/contracts/token/TransferableToken.sol
+++ b/contracts/token/TransferableToken.sol
@@ -2,20 +2,47 @@ pragma solidity ^0.4.8;
 
 import "./ERC20.sol";
 
+/*
+
+TransferableToken defines the generic interface and the implementation
+to limit token transferability for different events.
+
+It is intended to be used as a base class for other token contracts.
+
+Over-writting transferableTokens(address holder, uint64 time) is the way to provide
+the specific logic for limitting token transferability for a holder over time.
+
+TransferableToken has been designed to allow for different limitting factors,
+this can be achieved by recursively calling super.transferableTokens() until the
+base class is hit. For example:
+
+function transferableTokens(address holder, uint64 time) constant public returns (uint256) {
+  return min256(unlockedTokens, super.transferableTokens(holder, time));
+}
+
+A working example is VestedToken.sol:
+https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/VestedToken.sol
+
+*/
+
 contract TransferableToken is ERC20 {
+  // Checks whether it can transfer or otherwise throws.
   modifier canTransfer(address _sender, uint _value) {
    if (_value > transferableTokens(_sender, uint64(now))) throw;
    _;
   }
 
+  // Checks modifier and allows transfer if tokens are not locked.
   function transfer(address _to, uint _value) canTransfer(msg.sender, _value) returns (bool success) {
    return super.transfer(_to, _value);
   }
 
+  // Checks modifier and allows transfer if tokens are not locked.
   function transferFrom(address _from, address _to, uint _value) canTransfer(_from, _value) returns (bool success) {
    return super.transferFrom(_from, _to, _value);
   }
 
+  // Default transferable tokens function returns all tokens for a holder (no limit).
   function transferableTokens(address holder, uint64 time) constant public returns (uint256) {
     return balanceOf(holder);
   }