diff --git a/include/git2/common.h b/include/git2/common.h
index a8d698f..99c9981 100644
--- a/include/git2/common.h
+++ b/include/git2/common.h
@@ -109,9 +109,27 @@
  * was compiled
  */
 typedef enum {
+  /**
+   * If set, libgit2 was built thread-aware and can be safely used from multiple
+   * threads.
+   */
 	GIT_FEATURE_THREADS	= (1 << 0),
+  /**
+   * If set, libgit2 was built with and linked against a TLS implementation.
+   * Custom TLS streams may still be added by the user to support HTTPS
+   * regardless of this.
+   */
 	GIT_FEATURE_HTTPS	= (1 << 1),
+  /**
+   * If set, libgit2 was built with and linked against libssh2. A custom
+   * transport may still be added by the user to support libssh2 regardless of
+   * this.
+   */
 	GIT_FEATURE_SSH		= (1 << 2),
+  /**
+   * If set, libgit2 was built with support for sub-second resolution in file
+   * modification times.
+   */
 	GIT_FEATURE_NSEC	= (1 << 3),
 } git_feature_t;