diff --git a/src/application.c b/src/application.c
index b7e943d..6871df1 100644
--- a/src/application.c
+++ b/src/application.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
  *
  */
 
+/*! \file application.c
+ *  \brief Routines for helping with the osmocom application setup.
+ */
+
 #include <osmocom/core/application.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
 
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@
 
 struct log_target *osmo_stderr_target;
 
+/*! \brief Ignore \ref SIGPIPE, \ref SIGALRM, \ref SIGHUP and \ref SIGIO */
 void osmo_init_ignore_signals(void)
 {
 	/* Signals that by default would terminate */
@@ -42,6 +47,13 @@
 	signal(SIGIO, SIG_IGN);
 }
 
+/*! \brief Initialize the osmocom logging framework
+ *  \param[in] log_info Array of available logging sub-systems
+ *  \returns 0 on success, -1 in case of error
+ *
+ * This function initializes the osmocom logging systems.  It also
+ * creates the default (stderr) logging target.
+ */
 int osmo_init_logging(const struct log_info *log_info)
 {
 	log_init(log_info, NULL);
@@ -54,6 +66,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*! \brief Turn the current process into a background daemon
+ *
+ * This function will fork the process, exit the parent and set umask,
+ * create a new session, close stdin/stdout/stderr and chdir to /tmp
+ */
 int osmo_daemonize(void)
 {
 	int rc;