diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/tools/mergestages.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/tools/mergestages.hpp
index 9a16e03ab..4b41c5a04 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/tools/mergestages.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/tools/mergestages.hpp
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ namespace CSMTools
             ///< Messages resulting from this stage will be appended to \a messages.
     };
 
-    /// Flattens the added land and land texture records.
+    /// During this stage, the complex process of combining LandTextures from
+    /// potentially multiple plugins is undertaken.
     class FixLandsAndLandTexturesMergeStage : public CSMDoc::Stage
     {
             MergeState& mState;
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ namespace CSMTools
             ///< Messages resulting from this stage will be appended to \a messages.
     };
 
-    // Removes base LandTexture records.
+    /// Removes base LandTexture records. This gets rid of the base records previously
+    /// needed in FixLandsAndLandTexturesMergeStage.
     class CleanupLandTexturesMergeStage : public CSMDoc::Stage
     {
             MergeState& mState;
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.hpp
index be86dd508..58a1b1d1c 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/commands.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ namespace CSMWorld
             bool mChanged;
     };
 
+    /// \brief Adds LandTexture records and modifies texture indices as needed.
+    ///
+    /// LandTexture records are different from other types of records, because
+    /// they only effect the current plugin. Thus, when modifying or copying
+    /// a Land record, all of the LandTexture records referenced need to be
+    /// added to the current plugin. Since these newly added LandTextures could
+    /// have indices that conflict with pre-existing LandTextures in the current
+    /// plugin, the indices might have to be changed, both for the newly added
+    /// LandRecord and within the Land record.
     class ImportLandTexturesCommand : public QUndoCommand
     {
         public:
@@ -71,6 +80,9 @@ namespace CSMWorld
             std::vector<std::string> mCreatedTextures;
     };
 
+    /// \brief This command is used to fix LandTexture records and texture
+    ///     indices after cloning a Land. See ImportLandTexturesCommand for
+    ///     details.
     class CopyLandTexturesCommand : public ImportLandTexturesCommand
     {
         public:
@@ -90,6 +102,9 @@ namespace CSMWorld
             std::string mDestId;
     };
 
+    /// \brief This command brings a land record into the current plugin, adding
+    ///     LandTexture records and modifying texture indices as needed.
+    /// \note See ImportLandTextures for more details.
     class TouchLandCommand : public ImportLandTexturesCommand
     {
         public: