diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/data/i2np/I2NPMessageHandler.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/data/i2np/I2NPMessageHandler.java
index 477eb1b666a046417c353dbfb2755cf1bf2b455f..4b39c6e523536aba19511b19c024817b43b9deb3 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/data/i2np/I2NPMessageHandler.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/data/i2np/I2NPMessageHandler.java
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public class I2NPMessageHandler {
         return lastRead();
     }
 
+    /**
+     *  Result is retreived with lastRead()
+     */
     public int readMessage(byte data[], int offset) throws I2NPMessageException {
         return readMessage(data, offset, data.length - offset);
     }
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ public class I2NPMessageHandler {
      *  Set a limit on the max to read from the data buffer, so that
      *  we can use a large buffer but prevent the reader from reading off the end.
      *
+     *  Result is retreived with lastRead()
+     *
      *  @param maxLen read no more than this many bytes from data starting at offset, even if it is longer
      *                must be at least 16
      *  @since 0.8.12