diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 38d211e..3959085 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// Request is the top-level object marshalled and sent to OFX servers. It is
+// constructed by appending one or more request objects to the message set they
+// correspond to (i.e. appending StatementRequest to Request.Bank to get a bank
+// statemement). If a *Request object is appended to the wrong message set, an
+// error will be returned when Marshal() is called on this Request.
 type Request struct {
 	URL        string
 	Version    string        // OFX version string, overwritten in Client.Request()
diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index 9916e19..976cced 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Response is the top-level object returned from a parsed OFX response file.
+// It can be inspected by using type assertions or switches on the message set
+// you're interested in.
 type Response struct {
 	Version    string         // String for OFX header, defaults to 203
 	Signon     SignonResponse //<SIGNONMSGSETV1>
@@ -181,6 +184,10 @@ func guessVersion(r *bufio.Reader) (bool, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A map of message set tags to a map of transaction wrapper tags to the
+// reflect.Type of the struct for that transaction type. Used when decoding
+// Responses. Newly-implemented response transaction types *must* be added to
+// this map in order to be unmarshalled.
 var responseTypes = map[string]map[string]reflect.Type{
 	SignupRs.String(): map[string]reflect.Type{
 		(&AcctInfoResponse{}).Name(): reflect.TypeOf(AcctInfoResponse{})},
@@ -220,7 +227,11 @@ func decodeMessageSet(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement, msgs *[]Message) e
 		} else if startElement, ok := tok.(xml.StartElement); ok {
 			responseType, ok := setTypes[startElement.Name.Local]
 			if !ok {
-				return errors.New("Unsupported response transaction for " + start.Name.Local + ": " + startElement.Name.Local)
+				// If you are a developer and received this message after you
+				// thought you added a new transaction type, make sure you
+				// added it to the responseTypes map above
+				return errors.New("Unsupported response transaction for " +
+					start.Name.Local + ": " + startElement.Name.Local)
 			}
 			response := reflect.New(responseType).Interface()
 			responseMessage := response.(Message)