diff --git a/lib/api/tag.js b/lib/api/tag.js
index 7592af0..8eeb906 100644
--- a/lib/api/tag.js
+++ b/lib/api/tag.js
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ var tag_api = function(){};
 
 
 tag_api.prototype.all_tags = function(source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.all_tags([[source], callback])
+     *
+     * method to get all the tags in datadog
+     *
+     * `source` a source to limit to
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(arguments.length < 2 && v8type.is(arguments[0], v8type.FUNCTION)){
 	callback = arguments[0];
 	source = undefined;
@@ -19,6 +28,16 @@ tag_api.prototype.all_tags = function(source, callback){
 };
 
 tag_api.prototype.host_tags = function(host, source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.host_tags(host, [[source], callback])
+     *
+     * method to get the tags associated with a given `host`
+     *
+     * `host` the hostname or id to get tags for
+     * `source` a source to limit the results to
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(arguments.length < 3 && v8type.is(arguments[1], v8type.FUNCTION)){
 	callback = arguments[1];
 	source = undefined;
@@ -33,6 +52,16 @@ tag_api.prototype.host_tags = function(host, source, callback){
 };
 
 tag_api.prototype.host_tags_by_source = function(host, source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.host_tags_by_source(host, [[source], callback])
+     *
+     * method to return the tags associated with a host, arranged by source
+     *
+     * `host` the hostname of id to get tags for
+     * `source` a source to limit the lookup for
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(arguments.length < 3 && v8type.is(arguments[1], v8type.FUNCTION)){
 	callback = arguments[1];
 	source = undefined;
@@ -48,6 +77,17 @@ tag_api.prototype.host_tags_by_source = function(host, source, callback){
 };
 
 tag_api.prototype.add_tags = function(host, tags, source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.add_tags(host, tags, [[source], callback])
+     *
+     * add new tags to given `host`
+     *
+     * `host` the hostname or id of the machine to add tags for
+     * `tags` an array of tags to add to the `host`
+     * `source` the source to associate the tags with, default: user
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(!v8type.is(tags, v8type.ARRAY)){
 	throw new Error('`tags` parameter must be an array');
     }
@@ -70,6 +110,17 @@ tag_api.prototype.add_tags = function(host, tags, source, callback){
 };
 
 tag_api.prototype.update_tags = function(host, tags, source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.update_tags(host, tags, [[source], callback])
+     *
+     * update the tags associated with the given `host`
+     *
+     * `host` is the hostname or id of the machine to update tags for
+     * `tags` an array of tags to associate with the `host`
+     * `source` the source to associate the tags with, default: user
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(!v8type.is(tags, v8type.ARRAY)){
 	throw new Error('`tags` parameter must be an array');
     }
@@ -92,6 +143,16 @@ tag_api.prototype.update_tags = function(host, tags, source, callback){
 };
 
 tag_api.prototype.detach_tags = function(host, source, callback){
+    /*
+     * tag_api.detach_tags(host, [[source], callback])
+     *
+     * method to remove tags for a given `host`
+     *
+     * `host` the hostname or id of the machine to remove the tags for
+     * `source` the source of the tags
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     if(arguments.length < 3 && v8type.is(arguments[1], v8type.FUNCTION)){
 	callback = arguments[1];
 	source = undefined;