diff --git a/src/shamira.py b/src/shamira.py
--- a/src/shamira.py
+++ b/src/shamira.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import base64
 import gf256
 
 
-def shareByte(secretB,k,n):
+def _shareByte(secretB,k,n):
 	assert n<255
 	coefs=[int(secretB)]+[int(b) for b in os.urandom(k-1)]
 	points=[gf256.evaluate(coefs,i) for i in range(1,n+1)]
@@ -14,11 +14,21 @@ def shareByte(secretB,k,n):
 
 
 def generateRaw(secret,k,n):
-	shares=[shareByte(b,k,n) for b in secret]
+	"""Splits secret into shares.
+
+	:param secret: (bytes)
+	:param k: number of shares necessary for secret recovery. 1 <= k <= n
+	:param n: (int) number of shares generated. 1 <= n < 255
+	:return: [(i, (bytes) share), ...]"""
+	shares=[_shareByte(b,k,n) for b in secret]
 	return [(i+1, bytes([s[i] for s in shares])) for i in range(n)]
 
 
 def reconstructRaw(*shares):
+	"""Tries to recover the secret from its shares.
+
+	:param shares: ((i, (bytes) share), ...)
+	:return: (bytes) reconstructed secret. Too few shares returns garbage."""
 	secretLen=len(shares[0][1])
 	res=[None]*secretLen
 	for i in range(secretLen):
@@ -28,6 +38,13 @@ def reconstructRaw(*shares):
 
 
 def generate(secret,k,n,encoding="b32"):
+	"""Wraps generateRaw().
+
+	:param secret: (str or bytes)
+	:param k: number of shares necessary for secret recovery
+	:param n: number of shares generated
+	:param encoding: {hex, b32, b64} desired output encoding. Hexadecimal, Base32 or Base64.
+	:return: [(str) share, ...]"""
 	if isinstance(secret,str):
 		secret=secret.encode("utf-8")
 	shares=generateRaw(secret,k,n)
@@ -35,6 +52,12 @@ def generate(secret,k,n,encoding="b32"):
 
 
 def reconstruct(*shares,encoding="",raw=False):
+	"""Wraps reconstructRaw.
+
+	:param shares: ((str) share, ...)
+	:param encoding: {hex, b32, b64, ""} encoding of share strings. If not provided or empty, the function tries to guess it.
+	:param raw: (bool) whether to return bytes (True) or str (False)
+	:return: (str or bytes) reconstructed secret. Too few shares returns garbage."""
 	if not encoding:
 		encoding=detectEncoding(shares)