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diff --git a/lib/secrand.rb b/lib/secrand.rb
index 8f7bbc6007..b0d71c6c77 100644
--- a/lib/secrand.rb
+++ b/lib/secrand.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,48 @@
+# = Secure random number generator interface.
+#
+# This library is a interface for secure random number generator which is
+# suitable for HTTP cookies, etc.
+#
+# It supports following secure random number generators.
+#
+# * openssl
+# * /dev/urandom
+#
+# == Example
+#
+# # random hexadecimal string.
+# p SecRand.hex(10) #=> "52750b30ffbc7de3b362"
+# p SecRand.hex(10) #=> "92b15d6c8dc4beb5f559"
+# p SecRand.hex(11) #=> "6aca1b5c58e4863e6b81b8"
+# p SecRand.hex(12) #=> "94b2fff3e7fd9b9c391a2306"
+# p SecRand.hex(13) #=> "39b290146bea6ce975c37cfc23"
+#
+# # random base64 string.
+# p SecRand.base64(10) #=> "EcmTPZwWRAozdA=="
+# p SecRand.base64(10) #=> "9b0nsevdwNuM/w=="
+# p SecRand.base64(10) #=> "KO1nIU+p9DKxGg=="
+# p SecRand.base64(11) #=> "l7XEiFja+8EKEtY="
+# p SecRand.base64(12) #=> "7kJSM/MzBJI+75j8"
+# p SecRand.base64(13) #=> "vKLJ0tXBHqQOuIcSIg=="
+# ...
+#
+# # random binary string.
+# p SecRand.random_bytes(10) #=> "\016\t{\370g\310pbr\301"
+# p SecRand.random_bytes(10) #=> "\323U\030TO\234\357\020\a\337"
+# ...
+
 begin
   require 'openssl'
 rescue LoadError
 end
 
 module SecRand
+  # SecRand.random_bytes generates a random binary string.
+  #
+  # The argument n specifies the length of the result string.
+  #
+  # If secure random number generator is not available,
+  # NotImplementedError is raised.
   def self.random_bytes(n=nil)
     n ||= 16
     if defined? OpenSSL::Random
@@ -34,16 +73,36 @@ module SecRand
     raise NotImplementedError, "No random device"
   end
 
+  # SecRand.hex generates a random hex string.
+  #
+  # The argument n specifies the length of the random length.
+  # The length of the result string is twice of n.
+  #
+  # If secure random number generator is not available,
+  # NotImplementedError is raised.
   def self.hex(n=nil)
     random_bytes(n).unpack("H*")[0]
   end
 
+  # SecRand.base64 generates a random base64 string.
+  #
+  # The argument n specifies the length of the random length.
+  # The length of the result string is about 4/3 of n.
+  #
+  # If secure random number generator is not available,
+  # NotImplementedError is raised.
   def self.base64(n=nil)
     [random_bytes(n)].pack("m*").delete("\n")
   end
-
 end
 
+# SecRand() generates a random number.
+#
+# If an positive integer is given as n,
+# SecRand() returns an integer: 0 <= SecRand(n) < n.
+#
+# If 0 is given or an argument is not given,
+# SecRand() returns an float: 0.0 <= SecRand() < 1.0.
 def SecRand(n=0)
   if 0 < n
     hex = n.to_s(16)