diff --git a/src/js/parser/javascript/literal.js b/src/js/parser/javascript/literal.js
index 1d813af..69a6cb8 100644
--- a/src/js/parser/javascript/literal.js
+++ b/src/js/parser/javascript/literal.js
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+// Literal nodes are for plain strings in the regular expression. They are
+// rendered as labels with the value of the literal quoted.
+
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 export default {
   type: 'literal',
 
+  // Renders the literal into the currently set container.
   _render() {
     return this.renderLabel(['\u201c', this.literal, '\u201d'])
       .then(label => {
         var spans = label.selectAll('tspan');
 
+        // The quote marks get some styling to lighten their color so they are
+        // distinct from the actual literal value.
         spans[0].addClass('quote');
         spans[2].addClass('quote');
 
@@ -20,12 +26,18 @@ export default {
       });
   },
 
+  // Merges this literal with another. Literals come back as single characters
+  // during parsing, and must be post-processed into multi-character literals
+  // for rendering. This processing is done in [Match](./match.html).
   merge(other) {
     this.literal += other.literal;
   },
 
   setup() {
+    // Value of the literal.
     this.literal = this.properties.literal.textValue;
+    // Ordinal value of the literal for use in
+    // [CharsetRange](./charset_range.html).
     this.ordinal = this.literal.charCodeAt(0);
   }
 };