diff --git a/include/QF/pcx.h b/include/QF/pcx.h
index a75aba8ca..b8c5c1365 100644
--- a/include/QF/pcx.h
+++ b/include/QF/pcx.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 	pcx.h
 
-	pcx image hangling
+	pcx image handling
 
 	Copyright (C) 1996-1997  Id Software, Inc.
 
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 		Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 		59 Temple Place - Suite 330
 		Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
-
-	$Id$
 */
 
 #ifndef __pcx_h
@@ -32,24 +30,51 @@
 #include "QF/qtypes.h"
 #include "QF/quakeio.h"
 
+/** A ZSoft PC Paintbrush (PCX) header */
 typedef struct
 {
-    char	manufacturer;
-    char	version;
-    char	encoding;
-    char	bits_per_pixel;
+    char	manufacturer;	///< Manufacturer: Must be 10
+    char	version;		///< PCX version: must be 5
+    char	encoding;		///< Coding used: must be 1
+    char	bits_per_pixel;	///< BPP: must be 8 for QF
     unsigned short	xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax;
-    unsigned short	hres, vres;
+    unsigned short	hres, vres;	///< resolution of image (DPI)
     unsigned char	palette[48];
-    char	reserved;
-    char	color_planes;
-    unsigned short	bytes_per_line;
+    char	reserved;		///< should be 0
+    char	color_planes;	///< Number of color planes
+    unsigned short	bytes_per_line;	///< Number of bytes for a scan line (per plane). According to ZSoft, must be an even number.
     unsigned short	palette_type;
     char	filler[58];
 } pcx_t;
 
-pcx_t *EncodePCX (byte * data, int width, int height,
-				  int rowbytes, byte * palette, qboolean flip, int *length);
+/**
+	Convert \b paletted image data to PCX format.
+
+	\param data A pointer to the buffer containing the source image
+	\param width The width, in pixels, of the source image
+	\param height The height, in pixels, of the source image
+	\param rowbytes The number of bytes in a row of an image (usually the same 
+	as the width)
+	\param palette The palette in use for the texture.
+	\param flip If true, flip the order of lines output.
+	\param[out] length The length of the encoded PCX data.
+
+	\return A pointer to the newly-coded PCX data.
+	\warning Uses Hunk_TempAlloc() to allocate the output PCX content.
+*/
+pcx_t *EncodePCX (byte *data, int width, int height, int rowbytes,
+                  byte *palette, qboolean flip, int *length);
+
+/**
+	Load a texture from a PCX file.
+
+	\param f The file to read the texture from
+	\param convert If true, the texture is converted to RGB on load
+	\param pal The palette to apply during conversion
+
+	\return A pointer to the texture.
+	\warning Uses Hunk_TempAlloc() to allocate the texture.
+*/
 struct tex_s *LoadPCX (QFile *f, qboolean convert, byte *pal);
 
 #endif // __pcx_h
diff --git a/libs/image/pcx.c b/libs/image/pcx.c
index 7331dbcdc..b4f39532a 100644
--- a/libs/image/pcx.c
+++ b/libs/image/pcx.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ EncodePCX (byte * data, int width, int height,
 
 	pcx->manufacturer = 0x0a;			// PCX id
 	pcx->version = 5;					// 256 color
-	pcx->encoding = 1;					// uncompressed
+	pcx->encoding = 1;					// RLE
 	pcx->bits_per_pixel = 8;			// 256 color
 	pcx->xmin = 0;
 	pcx->ymin = 0;