diff --git a/include/vminstrs.hpp b/include/vminstrs.hpp
index aa51aa8..ad5465b 100644
--- a/include/vminstrs.hpp
+++ b/include/vminstrs.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <vmhandlers.hpp>
 #include <vmp2.hpp>
 
+/// <summary>
+/// contains all functions related to virtual instructions...
+/// </summary>
 namespace vm::instrs
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ namespace vm::instrs
     std::optional< virt_instr_t > get( vm::ctx_t &ctx, vmp2::v2::entry_t &entry );
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// gets the second operand (imm) given vip and vm::ctx_t...
+    /// gets the encrypted second operand (imm) given vip and vm::ctx_t...
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="ctx">vm context</param>
     /// <param name="imm_size">immediate value size in bits...</param>
diff --git a/include/vmutils.hpp b/include/vmutils.hpp
index afc877c..009be67 100644
--- a/include/vmutils.hpp
+++ b/include/vmutils.hpp
@@ -28,22 +28,78 @@ struct zydis_instr_t
 
 using zydis_routine_t = std::vector< zydis_instr_t >;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// utils used by the other cpp files... misc things that get used a lot...
+/// </summary>
 namespace vm::util
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// utils pertaining to native registers...
+    /// </summary>
     namespace reg
     {
-        // converts say... AL to RAX...
+        /// <summary>
+        /// converts say... AL to RAX...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="reg">a zydis decoded register value...</param>
+        /// <returns>returns the largest width register of the given register... AL gives RAX...</returns>
         zydis_register_t to64( zydis_register_t reg );
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// compares to registers with each other... calls to64 and compares...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="a">register a...</param>
+        /// <param name="b">register b...</param>
+        /// <returns>returns true if register to64(a) == to64(b)...</returns>
         bool compare( zydis_register_t a, zydis_register_t b );
     } // namespace reg
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// get the instruction that fetches an operand out of VIP...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="routine">this is a deobfuscated, flattened, view of any set of native instructions that read an operand out of VIP... can be calc_jmp, vm_entry, or vm handlers...</param>
+    /// <param name="fetch_instr"></param>
+    /// <returns>returns true of the fetch operand native instruction is found...</returns>
     bool get_fetch_operand( const zydis_routine_t &routine, zydis_instr_t &fetch_instr );
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// gets the instruction that fetches an operand out of VIP and returns an iterator to it...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="routine">this is a deobfuscated, flattened, view of any set of native instructions that read an operand out of VIP... can be calc_jmp, vm_entry, or vm handlers...</param>
+    /// <returns>returns the iterator of the native instruction, else an empty std::optional...</returns>
     std::optional< zydis_routine_t::iterator > get_fetch_operand( zydis_routine_t &routine );
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// prints a disassembly view of a routine...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="routine">reference to a zydis_routine_t to be printed...</param>
     void print( zydis_routine_t &routine );
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// prints a single disassembly view of an instruction...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="instr">instruction to print...</param>
     void print( const zydis_decoded_instr_t &instr );
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// determines if a given decoded native instruction is a JCC...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="instr"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     bool is_jmp( const zydis_decoded_instr_t &instr );
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// flatten native instruction stream, takes every JCC (follows the branch)...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="routine">filled with decoded instructions...</param>
+    /// <param name="routine_addr">linear virtual address to start flattening from...</param>
+    /// <param name="keep_jmps">keep JCC's in the flattened instruction stream...</param>
+    /// <returns>returns true if flattened was successful...</returns>
     bool flatten( zydis_routine_t &routine, std::uintptr_t routine_addr, bool keep_jmps = false );
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// deadstore deobfuscation of a flattened routine...
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="routine">reference to a flattened instruction vector...</param>
     void deobfuscate( zydis_routine_t &routine );
 } // namespace vm::util
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