diff --git a/pyadjoint/tape.py b/pyadjoint/tape.py
index f5af91a5..dc3efbc6 100644
--- a/pyadjoint/tape.py
+++ b/pyadjoint/tape.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ def __exit__(self, *args):
 
 
 no_annotations = stop_annotating()
+"""Decorator to turn off annotation for the decorated function."""
 
 
 def annotate_tape(kwargs=None):