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diff --git a/include/git2/odb_backend.h b/include/git2/odb_backend.h
index 5696ee07d..dca499583 100644
--- a/include/git2/odb_backend.h
+++ b/include/git2/odb_backend.h
@@ -67,15 +67,39 @@ typedef enum {
typedef struct git_hash_ctx git_hash_ctx;
-/** A stream to read/write from a backend */
+/**
+ * A stream to read/write from a backend.
+ *
+ * This represents a stream of data being written to or read from a
+ * backend. When writing, the frontend functions take care of
+ * calculating the object's id and all `finalize_write` needs to do is
+ * store the object with the id it is passed.
+ */
struct git_odb_stream {
git_odb_backend *backend;
unsigned int mode;
git_hash_ctx *hash_ctx;
+ /**
+ * Write at most `len` bytes into `buffer` and advance the
+ * stream.
+ */
int (*read)(git_odb_stream *stream, char *buffer, size_t len);
+
+ /**
+ * Write `len` bytes from `buffer` into the stream.
+ */
int (*write)(git_odb_stream *stream, const char *buffer, size_t len);
+
+ /**
+ * Store the contents of the stream as an object with the id
+ * specified in `oid`.
+ */
int (*finalize_write)(git_odb_stream *stream, const git_oid *oid);
+
+ /**
+ * Free the stream's memory.
+ */
void (*free)(git_odb_stream *stream);
};