diff --git a/ds/authenticated_map.go b/ds/authenticated_map.go
index f76859c79..80ea22217 100644
--- a/ds/authenticated_map.go
+++ b/ds/authenticated_map.go
@@ -5,20 +5,38 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/kvstore"
 )
 
-// AuthenticatedMap is a sparse merkle tree based map.
+// AuthenticatedMap is a map that can produce proofs for its values which can be verified against a known merkle root
+// that is formed using a sparse merkle tree.
 type AuthenticatedMap[K, V any] interface {
-	Root() types.Identifier
+	// Set sets the given key to the given value.
 	Set(key K, value V) error
+
+	// Get returns the value for the given key.
 	Get(key K) (value V, exists bool, err error)
+
+	// Has returns true if the given key exists.
 	Has(key K) (exists bool, err error)
+
+	// Delete deletes the given key.
 	Delete(key K) (deleted bool, err error)
+
+	// Stream streams all key-value pairs to the given consumer function.
 	Stream(consumerFunc func(key K, value V) error) error
+
+	// Commit commits the changes to the underlying store.
 	Commit() error
+
+	// Root returns the root of the sparse merkle tree.
+	Root() types.Identifier
+
+	// Size returns the number of elements in the map.
 	Size() int
+
+	// WasRestoredFromStorage returns true if the map was restored from an existing storage.
 	WasRestoredFromStorage() bool
 }
 
-// NewAuthenticatedMap creates a new sparse merkle tree based map.
+// NewAuthenticatedMap creates a new AuthenticatedMap.
 func NewAuthenticatedMap[K, V any](store kvstore.KVStore, kToBytes kvstore.ObjectToBytes[K], bytesToK kvstore.BytesToObject[K], vToBytes kvstore.ObjectToBytes[V], bytesToV kvstore.BytesToObject[V]) AuthenticatedMap[K, V] {
 	return newAuthenticatedMap(store, kToBytes, bytesToK, vToBytes, bytesToV)
 }