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diff --git a/cpp/lib/client/ClientQueue.h b/cpp/lib/client/ClientQueue.h
index df7235e4ab..037856ecd2 100644
--- a/cpp/lib/client/ClientQueue.h
+++ b/cpp/lib/client/ClientQueue.h
@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@
 namespace qpid {
 namespace client {
 
+    /**
+     * A 'handle' used to represent an AMQP queue in the Channel
+     * methods. Creating an instance of this class does not cause the
+     * queue to be created on the broker. Rather, an instance of this
+     * class should be passed to Channel::declareQueue() to ensure
+     * that the queue exists or is created.
+     * 
+     * Queues hold messages and allow clients to consume
+     * (see Channel::consume()) or get (see Channel::get()) those messags. A
+     * queue receives messages by being bound to one or more Exchange;
+     * messages published to that exchange may then be routed to the
+     * queue based on the details of the binding and the type of the
+     * exchange (see Channel::bind()).
+     * 
+     * Queues are identified by a name. They can be exclusive (in which
+     * case they can only be used in the context of the connection
+     * over which they were declared, and are deleted when then
+     * connection closes), or they can be shared. Shared queues can be
+     * auto deleted when they have no consumers.
+     * 
+     * We use the term 'temporary queue' to refer to an exclusive
+     * queue.
+     * 
+     * \ingroup clientapi
+     */
     class Queue{
 	std::string name;
         const bool autodelete;
@@ -33,9 +58,35 @@ namespace client {
 
     public:
 
+        /**
+         * Creates an unnamed, temporary queue. A name will be
+         * assigned to this queue instance by a call to
+         * Channel::declareQueue().
+         */
 	Queue();
+        /**
+         * Creates a shared queue with a given name, that will not be
+         * autodeleted.
+         * 
+         * @param name the name of the queue
+         */
 	Queue(std::string name);
+        /**
+         * Creates a queue with a given name.
+         * 
+         * @param name the name of the queue
+         * 
+         * @param temp if true the queue will be a temporary queue, if
+         * false it will be shared and not autodeleted.
+         */
 	Queue(std::string name, bool temp);
+        /**
+         * This constructor allows the autodelete and exclusive
+         * propeties to be explictly set. Note however that if
+         * exclusive is true, autodelete has no meaning as exclusive
+         * queues are always destroyed when the connection that
+         * created them is closed.
+         */
 	Queue(std::string name, bool autodelete, bool exclusive);
 	const std::string& getName() const;
 	void setName(const std::string&);