diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/populator/UserDetailsServiceLdapAuthoritiesPopulator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/populator/UserDetailsServiceLdapAuthoritiesPopulator.java
index 98365f807b..9f9401bed3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/populator/UserDetailsServiceLdapAuthoritiesPopulator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/populator/UserDetailsServiceLdapAuthoritiesPopulator.java
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import org.springframework.security.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations;
 
 /**
+ * Simple LdapAuthoritiesPopulator which delegates to a UserDetailsService, using the name which
+ * was supplied at login as the username.
+ *
+ *
  * @author Luke Taylor
  * @version $Id$
  * @since 2.0