diff --git a/modules/conf_setup.py b/modules/conf_setup.py
index e1db674..1bb3bce 100644
--- a/modules/conf_setup.py
+++ b/modules/conf_setup.py
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ def deploy(param=None):
 
 @task
 def backup(param=None):
+    """
+    reads template files from the project and stores them
+
+    options are to store:
+        configuration files from projectname/usr/etc
+        meta files from projectname/usr/meta
+        readmes from projectname/share/readmes
+    """
+
     param_list = ['conf', 'meta', 'readmes']
 
     if not param: