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@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ before starting "all the rest".
The struct definitions for each API are in `pkg/api/<version>/types.go`. Edit
those files to reflect the change you want to make. Note that all types and non-inline
fields in versioned APIs must be preceded by descriptive comments - these are used to generate
-documentation.
+documentation. Comments for types should not contain the type name; API documentation is
+generated from these comments and end-users should not be exposed to golang type names.
Optional fields should have the `,omitempty` json tag; fields are interpreted as being
required otherwise.