diff --git a/reference/cairo/cairosurface.xml b/reference/cairo/cairosurface.xml
index f51a6f4684..34ad47b610 100644
--- a/reference/cairo/cairosurface.xml
+++ b/reference/cairo/cairosurface.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
   <section xml:id="cairosurface.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
-    Description of the class.
+    This is the base-class for all other Surface types.
+    
+    CairoSurface is the abstract type representing all different drawing targets that cairo can render to. The actual drawings are performed using a CairoContext.
    </para>
   </section>
 <!-- }}} -->