diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/CovariateCounterWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/CovariateCounterWalker.java
index 6869e6c93..83a997f57 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/CovariateCounterWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/CovariateCounterWalker.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
  *
  * Note: ReadGroupCovariate and QualityScoreCovariate are required covariates and must be at the start of the list.
  * Note: This walker is designed to be used in conjunction with TableRecalibrationWalker.
+ *
+ * @help.description First pass of the recalibration. Generates recalibration table based on various user-specified covariates (such as reported quality score, cycle, and dinucleotide).
  */
 
 @By( DataSource.READS ) // Only look at covered loci, not every loci of the reference file
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/TableRecalibrationWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/TableRecalibrationWalker.java
index 94ddce851..6ae72dbd5 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/TableRecalibrationWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/recalibration/TableRecalibrationWalker.java
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
  * 
  * Note: This walker expects as input the recalibration table file generated previously by CovariateCounterWalker.
  * Note: This walker is designed to be used in conjunction with CovariateCounterWalker.
+ *
+ * @help.description Second pass of the recalibration. Uses the table generated by CountCovariates to update the base quality scores of the input bam file using a sequential table calculation making the base quality scores more accurately reflect the actual quality of the bases as mesaured by reference mismatch rate.
  */
 
 @WalkerName("TableRecalibration")