diff --git a/copy.go b/copy.go
index 2f131a8c..adc30cb4 100644
--- a/copy.go
+++ b/copy.go
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ type CopyGraphOptions struct {
 	FindSuccessors func(ctx context.Context, fetcher content.Fetcher, desc ocispec.Descriptor) ([]ocispec.Descriptor, error)
 }
 
-// Copy copies a rooted directed acyclic graph (DAG) with the tagged root node
-// in the source Target to the destination Target.
+// Copy copies a rooted directed acyclic graph (DAG), such as an artifact,
+// from the source Target to the destination Target.
+//
+// The root node (e.g. a tagged manifest of the artifact) is identified by the
+// source reference.
 // The destination reference will be the same as the source reference if the
 // destination reference is left blank.
 //
@@ -167,8 +170,9 @@ func Copy(ctx context.Context, src ReadOnlyTarget, srcRef string, dst Target, ds
 	return root, nil
 }
 
-// CopyGraph copies a rooted directed acyclic graph (DAG) from the source CAS to
-// the destination CAS.
+// CopyGraph copies a rooted directed acyclic graph (DAG), such as an artifact,
+// from the source CAS to the destination CAS.
+// The root node (e.g. a manifest of the artifact) is identified by a descriptor.
 func CopyGraph(ctx context.Context, src content.ReadOnlyStorage, dst content.Storage, root ocispec.Descriptor, opts CopyGraphOptions) error {
 	return copyGraph(ctx, src, dst, root, nil, nil, nil, opts)
 }
diff --git a/extendedcopy.go b/extendedcopy.go
index 49b6264e..cde9f1a1 100644
--- a/extendedcopy.go
+++ b/extendedcopy.go
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ type ExtendedCopyGraphOptions struct {
 
 // ExtendedCopy copies the directed acyclic graph (DAG) that are reachable from
 // the given tagged node from the source GraphTarget to the destination Target.
+// In other words, it copies an tagged artifact along with its referrers or
+// other predecessor manifests referencing it.
+//
+// The tagged node (e.g. a tagged manifest of the artifact) is identified by the
+// source reference.
 // The destination reference will be the same as the source reference if the
 // destination reference is left blank.
 //
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@ func ExtendedCopy(ctx context.Context, src ReadOnlyGraphTarget, srcRef string, d
 
 // ExtendedCopyGraph copies the directed acyclic graph (DAG) that are reachable
 // from the given node from the source GraphStorage to the destination Storage.
+// In other words, it copies an artifact along with its referrers or other
+// predecessor manifests referencing it.
+// The node (e.g. a manifest of the artifact) is identified by a descriptor.
 func ExtendedCopyGraph(ctx context.Context, src content.ReadOnlyGraphStorage, dst content.Storage, node ocispec.Descriptor, opts ExtendedCopyGraphOptions) error {
 	roots, err := findRoots(ctx, src, node, opts)
 	if err != nil {