diff --git a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
index 8ff751f7b6..14a4efea75 100644
--- a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
+++ b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/reader.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ class IReadable;
 class FixedByteArray;
 
 /**
- * Provides a protocol for reading network byte ordered data from a byte array object
- * (anything with a IByteArray interface).
+ * Provides a protocol for reading data from a byte array object (anything with
+ * a IByteArray interface). Byte order defaults to little-endian but can be
+ * changed to big-endian.
  *
  * @ingroup data
  */
diff --git a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/writer.h b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/writer.h
index 293d4f796c..49549dfa86 100644
--- a/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/writer.h
+++ b/doomsday/libdeng2/include/de/data/writer.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ class Block;
 class FixedByteArray;
 
 /**
- * Provides a protocol for writing data in a specific byte order
- * into a byte array object (anything with a IByteArray interface).
+ * Provides a protocol for writing data in a specific byte order into a byte
+ * array object (anything with a IByteArray interface). Defaults to
+ * little-endian byte order.
  *
  * @ingroup data
  */