diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
index 8cb4112c016f7a160299ce404bdc99b7db026c94..d3c5382ca73cc3b8181dba62d47a82b62b2b8c86 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
@@ -8,20 +8,35 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 public class Status {
     private static final Pattern STATUS_ENTRY = Pattern.compile("(.?.) (?:.*? )?(.*?)\0");
 
-    public final String head;
+    public final String id;
     public final Map<File, String> changed;
     public final Map<File, String> unmerged;
 
-    private Status(String head, Map<File, String> changed, Map<File, String> unmerged) {
-        this.head = head;
+    /**
+     * @param id       the commit id
+     * @param changed  a map of changed files and heir status codes
+     * @param unmerged a map of unmerged files an their status code.
+     */
+    private Status(String id, Map<File, String> changed, Map<File, String> unmerged) {
+        this.id = id;
         this.changed = Collections.unmodifiableMap(changed);
         this.unmerged = Collections.unmodifiableMap(unmerged);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks, if <code>this</code> represents a clean repository.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code>, if the repository state is clean and has uncommitted changes.
+     */
     public boolean isClean() {
         return changed.isEmpty() && unmerged.isEmpty();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks, if <code>this</code> has unmerged files.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code>, if there are unmerged files
+     */
     public boolean hasConflicts() {
         return !unmerged.isEmpty();
     }
@@ -30,7 +45,7 @@ public class Status {
     public String toString() {
         String out = "";
         if (isClean()) {
-            out = "Clean working directory on commit " + head + "\n";
+            out = "Clean working directory on commit " + id + "\n";
         } else {
             if (!unmerged.isEmpty()) {
                 out = "Unmerged files:";
@@ -47,6 +62,13 @@ public class Status {
         return out;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses the output from git into a new object.
+     *
+     * @param repo      the repo this status report is from
+     * @param gitOutput the status report from git
+     * @return a {@link Status} object, representing the status read from the git output
+     */
     static Status parseStatus(Repository repo, String gitOutput) {
         Map<File, String> changed = new HashMap<>();
         Map<File, String> unmerged = new HashMap<>();