diff --git a/lib/commands/base_command.ts b/lib/commands/base_command.ts
index 14a3b934..90897abe 100644
--- a/lib/commands/base_command.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/base_command.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { Command } from "commander";
 import { version } from '../../package.json';
 
+/**
+ * This is a base class which provides a common interface for all commands.
+ * This is mostly used for testing purposes.
+ *
+ * Commands implementing this class should override the run method and call parseArguments
+ * at the beginning of the run method.
+ */
 export abstract class BaseCommand {
   public program: Command;
   args: string[] | undefined;
@@ -12,6 +19,10 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand {
 
   abstract run(): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Create sets up the command line program. Implementing classes can add additional options.
+   * to this.program.
+   */
   create(options?: { exitOverride?: boolean, suppressOutput?: boolean }): Command {
     const program = new Command();
 
@@ -20,6 +31,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand {
       program.exitOverride();  // don't exit on error
     }
     if (options?.suppressOutput) {
+      // don't write anything to the console
       program.configureOutput({
         writeOut: () => { },
         writeErr: () => { }
@@ -31,6 +43,9 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand {
     return program;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This allows us to pass a custom list of strings as arguments to the command during testing.
+   */
   parseArguments() {
     if (this.args) {
       // custom arg parsing to be able to inject args for testing