diff --git a/_kadmind b/_kadmind
index 5088438..b073cfb 100644
--- a/_kadmind
+++ b/_kadmind
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+#  Check for error conditions which the init system expects us to check and
+#  for other common errors, and exit with the expected status codes.
+#
 kadmind=/usr/sbin/kadmind
 if test -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl ; then
 	echo $"Error. This appears to be a slave server, found kpropd.acl"
diff --git a/_kpropd b/_kpropd
index 219e41c..1808368 100644
--- a/_kpropd
+++ b/_kpropd
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+#  Check for error conditions which the init system expects us to check and
+#  for other common errors, and exit with the expected status codes.
+#
 kpropd=/usr/sbin/kpropd
 if ! test -f /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl ; then
 	echo $"Error. This does not appear to be a slave server, kpropd.acl not found"
diff --git a/krb5.spec b/krb5.spec
index e00021e..44cd41b 100644
--- a/krb5.spec
+++ b/krb5.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 Summary: The Kerberos network authentication system
 Name: krb5
 Version: 1.11.3
-Release: 26%{?dist}
+Release: 27%{?dist}
 # Maybe we should explode from the now-available-to-everybody tarball instead?
 # http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/dist/krb5/1.11/krb5-1.11.3-signed.tar
 Source0: krb5-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -1006,6 +1006,10 @@ exit 0
 %{_sbindir}/uuserver
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 22 2013 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 1.11.3-27
+- add some minimal description to the top of the wrapper scripts we use
+  when starting krb5kdc and kadmind to describe why they exist (tooling)
+
 * Wed Oct 16 2013 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 1.11.3-26
 - create and own /etc/gss (#1019937)