diff --git a/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.c b/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.c
index da42a37cc7..dad11b450e 100644
--- a/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.c
+++ b/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * @file ike_header.c
  * 
- * @brief Definition of the encoding rules used when parsing or generating
- * an IKEv2-Header
- *  
+ * @brief Declaration of the class ike_header_t. 
+ * 
+ * An object of this type represents an ike header and is used to 
+ * generate and parse ike headers.
+ * 
  */
 
 /*
diff --git a/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.h b/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.h
index 03ce9d595c..2674b65565 100644
--- a/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.h
+++ b/Source/charon/payloads/ike_header.h
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * @file ike_header.h
  * 
- * @brief Declaration of the data struct ike_header_t. 
+ * @brief Declaration of the class ike_header_t. 
  * 
- * The data of a parsed header are stored in a struct of this type.
+ * An object of this type represents an ike header and is used to 
+ * generate and parse ike headers.
  * 
  */