diff --git a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
index 04c89bc..5e67471 100644
--- a/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
+++ b/include/ndn-cpp/name.hpp
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 
 namespace ndn {
     
+/**
+ * A Name holds an array of Name::Component and represents an NDN name.
+ */
 class Name {
 public:
   /**
-   * A Name::Component is holds a read-only name component value.
+   * A Name::Component holds a read-only name component value.
    */
   class Component {
   public: