diff --git a/tools/make_readme.c b/tools/make_readme.c
index c327a0f..03aee3a 100644
--- a/tools/make_readme.c
+++ b/tools/make_readme.c
@@ -5,32 +5,32 @@ int main(int argc, char  **argv)
 {
    int i;
    int hlen, flen, listlen;
-   char *header = stb_file("README.header.md", &hlen);
-   char *footer = stb_file("README.footer.md", &flen);
-   char **list  = stb_stringfile("README.list", &listlen);
+   char *header = stb_file("README.header.md", &hlen);      // stb_file - read file into malloc()ed buffer
+   char *footer = stb_file("README.footer.md", &flen);      // stb_file - read file into malloc()ed buffer
+   char **list  = stb_stringfile("README.list", &listlen);  // stb_stringfile - read file lines into malloced array of strings
 
    FILE *f = fopen("../README.md", "wb");
    fwrite(header, 1, hlen, f);
 
    for (i=0; i < listlen; ++i) {
       int num,j;
-      char **tokens = stb_tokens_stripwhite(list[i], "|", &num);
-      FILE *g = fopen(stb_sprintf("../%s", tokens[0]), "rb");
+      char **tokens = stb_tokens_stripwhite(list[i], "|", &num);  // stb_tokens -- tokenize string into malloced array of strings
+      FILE *g = fopen(stb_sprintf("../%s", tokens[0]), "rb");     // stb_sprintf -- sprintf to a temporary buffer (not threadsafe)
       char buffer[256], *s1, *s2;
       fread(buffer, 1, 256, g);
       fclose(g);
       buffer[255] = 0;
       s1 = strchr(buffer, '-');
-      if (!s1) stb_fatal("Couldn't find '-' before version number in %s", tokens[0]);
+      if (!s1) stb_fatal("Couldn't find '-' before version number in %s", tokens[0]); // stb_fatal -- print error message & exit
       s2 = strchr(s1+2, '-');
-      if (!s2) stb_fatal("Couldn't find '-' after version number in %s", tokens[0]);
+      if (!s2) stb_fatal("Couldn't find '-' after version number in %s", tokens[0]);  // stb_fatal -- print error message & exit
       *s2 = 0;
       s1 += 1;
-      s1 = stb_trimwhite(s1);
+      s1 = stb_trimwhite(s1);                  // stb_trimwhite -- advance pointer to after whitespace & delete trailing whitespace
       if (*s1 == 'v') ++s1;
       fprintf(f, "**%s** | %s", tokens[0], s1);
-      s1 = stb_trimwhite(tokens[1]);
-      s2 = stb_dupreplace(s1, " ", "&nbsp;");
+      s1 = stb_trimwhite(tokens[1]);           // stb_trimwhite -- advance pointer to after whitespace & delete trailing whitespace
+      s2 = stb_dupreplace(s1, " ", "&nbsp;");  // stb_dupreplace -- search & replace string and malloc result
       fprintf(f, " | %s", s2);
       free(s2);
       for (j=2; j < num; ++j)
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ int main(int argc, char  **argv)
    fclose(f);
 
    return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}