diff --git a/plugins/encrypt.py b/plugins/encrypt.py
index 75da11b..7618cd5 100644
--- a/plugins/encrypt.py
+++ b/plugins/encrypt.py
@@ -23,36 +23,41 @@ def db_init(db):
 
 
 def get_salt(bot):
-	if not bot.config.get("random_salt", False):
-		bot.config["random_salt"] = hashlib.md5(os.urandom(16)).hexdigest()
-		json.dump(bot.config, open('config', 'w'), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
-	return bot.config["random_salt"]
+    if not bot.config.get("random_salt", False):
+        bot.config["random_salt"] = hashlib.md5(os.urandom(16)).hexdigest()
+        json.dump(bot.config, open('config', 'w'), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+    return bot.config["random_salt"]
 
 
 @hook.command
 def encrypt(inp, bot=None, db=None, notice=None):
-    """encrypt <pass> <string> -- Encrypts <string> with <pass>."""
+    """encrypt <pass> <string> -- Encrypts <string> with <pass>. (<string> can only be decrypted using this bot)"""
     if not db_ready:
-    	db_init(db)
+        db_init(db)
 
     split = inp.split(" ")
 
+    # if there is only one argument, return the help message
     if len(split) == 1:
-    	notice(encrypt.__doc__)
-    	return 
+        notice(encrypt.__doc__)
+        return 
 
+    # generate the key from the password and salt
     password = split[0]
     salt = get_salt(bot)
     key = PBKDF2(password, salt)
 
+    # generate the IV and encode it to store in the database
     iv = Random.new().read(AES.block_size);
     iv_encoded = base64.b64encode(iv)
 
+    # create the AES cipher and encrypt/encode the text with it
     text = " ".join(split[1:])
     cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
     encrypted = cipher.encrypt(pad(text))
     encoded = base64.b64encode(encrypted)
 
+    # store the encoded text and IV in the DB for decoding later
     db.execute("insert or replace into encryption(encrypted, iv)"
                "values(?,?)", (encoded, iv_encoded))
     db.commit()
@@ -62,25 +67,29 @@ def encrypt(inp, bot=None, db=None, notice=None):
 
 @hook.command
 def decrypt(inp, bot=None, db=None, notice=None):
-    """decrypt <pass> <string> -- Decrypts <string> with <pass>."""
+    """decrypt <pass> <string> -- Decrypts <string> with <pass>. (can only decrypt strings encrypted on this bot)"""
     if not db_ready:
-    	db_init(db)
+        db_init(db)
 
     split = inp.split(" ")
 
+    # if there is only one argument, return the help message
     if len(split) == 1:
-    	notice(decrypt.__doc__)
-    	return 
+        notice(decrypt.__doc__)
+        return 
 
+    # generate the key from the password and salt	
     password = split[0]
     salt = get_salt(bot)
     key = PBKDF2(password, salt)
 
     text = " ".join(split[1:])
 
+    # get the encoded IV from the database and decode it
     iv_encoded = db.execute("select iv from encryption where"
                            " encrypted=?", (text,)).fetchone()[0]
     iv = base64.b64decode(iv_encoded)
 
+    # create AES cipher, decode text, decrypt text, and unpad it
     cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
     return unpad(cipher.decrypt(base64.b64decode(text)))
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