diff --git a/src_python/ldpc/sinter_decoders/sinter_bposd_decoder.py b/src_python/ldpc/sinter_decoders/sinter_bposd_decoder.py
index e9cdde2..de6684f 100644
--- a/src_python/ldpc/sinter_decoders/sinter_bposd_decoder.py
+++ b/src_python/ldpc/sinter_decoders/sinter_bposd_decoder.py
@@ -65,6 +65,35 @@ def decode_via_files(
         obs_predictions_b8_out_path: pathlib.Path,
         tmp_dir: pathlib.Path,
     ) -> None:
+        """Performs decoding by reading problems from, and writing solutions to, file paths.
+        Args:
+            num_shots: The number of times the circuit was sampled. The number of problems
+                to be solved.
+            num_dets: The number of detectors in the circuit. The number of detection event
+                bits in each shot.
+            num_obs: The number of observables in the circuit. The number of predicted bits
+                in each shot.
+            dem_path: The file path where the detector error model should be read from,
+                e.g. using `stim.DetectorErrorModel.from_file`. The error mechanisms
+                specified by the detector error model should be used to configure the
+                decoder.
+            dets_b8_in_path: The file path that detection event data should be read from.
+                Note that the file may be a named pipe instead of a fixed size object.
+                The detection events will be in b8 format (see
+                https://github.com/quantumlib/Stim/blob/main/doc/result_formats.md ). The
+                number of detection events per shot is available via the `num_dets`
+                argument or via the detector error model at `dem_path`.
+            obs_predictions_b8_out_path: The file path that decoder predictions must be
+                written to. The predictions must be written in b8 format (see
+                https://github.com/quantumlib/Stim/blob/main/doc/result_formats.md ). The
+                number of observables per shot is available via the `num_obs` argument or
+                via the detector error model at `dem_path`.
+            tmp_dir: Any temporary files generated by the decoder during its operation MUST
+                be put into this directory. The reason for this requirement is because
+                sinter is allowed to kill the decoding process without warning, without
+                giving it time to clean up any temporary objects. All cleanup should be done
+                via sinter deleting this directory after killing the decoder.
+        """
         self.dem = stim.DetectorErrorModel.from_file(dem_path)
         self.matrices = detector_error_model_to_check_matrices(self.dem)
         self.bposd = BpOsdDecoder(self.matrices.check_matrix,