diff --git a/scripts/secret_decoder_ring.py b/scripts/secret_decoder_ring.py
index 36eefb9d958..7eae0968e9e 100644
--- a/scripts/secret_decoder_ring.py
+++ b/scripts/secret_decoder_ring.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Script to encode/decode the IDs that galaxy exposes to users and admins.
+"""
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(1, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, 'lib')))