diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/ivfc_archive.h b/src/core/file_sys/ivfc_archive.h
index fd9a3042d397efaec46b93ed12de3917c136147a..a9b34434f61e97acbb3052b8901bf0fe62bcde42 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/ivfc_archive.h
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/ivfc_archive.h
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 namespace FileSys {
 
+/**
+ * Helper which implements an interface to deal with IVFC images used in some archives
+ * This should be subclassed by concrete archive types, which will provide the
+ * input data (load the raw IVFC archive) and override any required methods
+ */
 class IVFCArchive : public ArchiveBackend {
 public:
     IVFCArchive();