diff --git a/framework/core/src/Foundation/KnownError.php b/framework/core/src/Foundation/KnownError.php
index bb7e4591a..5ae12f8c2 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Foundation/KnownError.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Foundation/KnownError.php
@@ -11,7 +11,31 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\Foundation;
 
+/**
+ * An exception that has a well-known meaning in a Flarum application.
+ *
+ * We use these exceptions as a mechanism to quickly bubble up errors from the
+ * domain layer. Using the {@see \Flarum\Foundation\ErrorHandling\Registry},
+ * these will then be mapped to error "types" and, if relevant, HTTP statuses.
+ *
+ * Exceptions implementing this interface can implement their own logic to
+ * determine their own type (usually a hardcoded value).
+ */
 interface KnownError
 {
+    /**
+     * Determine the exception's type.
+     *
+     * This should be a short, precise identifier for the error that can be
+     * exposed to users as an error code. Furthermore, it can be used to find
+     * appropriate error messages in translations or views to render pretty
+     * error pages.
+     *
+     * Different exception classes are allowed to return the same status code,
+     * e.g. when they have similar semantic meaning to the end user, but are
+     * thrown by different subsystems.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getType(): string;
 }