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diff --git a/Data/Time/Asctime.hs b/Data/Time/Asctime.hs
index 7ebb596..fd5cca0 100644
--- a/Data/Time/Asctime.hs
+++ b/Data/Time/Asctime.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+-- |This module is for ANSI C's asctime() format.
+--
+-- ANSI C's asctime() format looks like:
+--
+-- @Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY@
+--
+-- The exact syntax is as follows:
+--
+-- > date-time ::= wday SP month SP day SP time SP year
+-- > wday      ::= "Mon" | "Tue" | "Wed" | "Thu"
+-- >             | "Fri" | "Sat" | "Sun"
+-- > month     ::= "Jan" | "Feb" | "Mar" | "Apr"
+-- >             | "May" | "Jun" | "Jul" | "Aug"
+-- >             | "Sep" | "Oct" | "Nov" | "Dec"
+-- > day       ::= 2DIGIT
+-- > time      ::= 2DIGIT ':' 2DIGIT [':' 2DIGIT]
+-- > year      ::= 4DIGIT
+--
+-- As you can see, it has no time zone info. "Data.Time.HTTP" will
+-- treat it as UTC.
 module Data.Time.Asctime
     ( format
     , parse
@@ -11,10 +31,7 @@ import Data.Time.Calendar.WeekDate
 import Data.Time.HTTP.Common
 import Data.Time.Asctime.Parsec
 
-{-
-  Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY
--}
-
+-- |Format a 'LocalTime' in the ANSI C's asctime() way.
 format :: LocalTime -> String
 format localTime
     = let (year, month, day) = toGregorian (localDay localTime)
@@ -36,6 +53,8 @@ format localTime
                , show4 year
                ]
 
+-- |Parse an ANSI C's asctime() format to 'LocalTime'. When the string
+-- can't be parsed, it returns 'Nothing'.
 parse :: String -> Maybe LocalTime
 parse src = case P.parse p "" src of
               Right zt -> Just zt