diff --git a/core/src/processing/data/XML.java b/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
index 49a11f97d..572c71065 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/data/XML.java
@@ -78,16 +78,26 @@ public class XML implements Serializable {
 //    this(parent.createReader(filename));
 //  }
 
+
+  /**
+   * @param file description TBD
+   */
   public XML(File file) throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
     this(file, null);
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * @param options description TBD
+   */
   public XML(File file, String options) throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
     this(PApplet.createReader(file), options);
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * @param input description TBD
+   */
   public XML(InputStream input) throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException {
     this(input, null);
   }
@@ -141,6 +151,9 @@ public class XML implements Serializable {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * @param name description TBD
+   */
   // TODO is there a more efficient way of doing this? wow.
   public XML(String name) throws ParserConfigurationException {
     DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();