diff --git a/internal/workers/workers.go b/internal/workers/workers.go
index 0e0d1f96..9e2f7838 100644
--- a/internal/workers/workers.go
+++ b/internal/workers/workers.go
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 // Package workers contains code to manage workers.
+//
+// A worker is a goroutine running in the background that performs some
+// activity related to implementing the OpenVPN protocol.
 package workers
 
 import (