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diff --git a/helm/DEVEL/ocaml-http/http_parser.mli b/helm/DEVEL/ocaml-http/http_parser.mli
index cd42c79e5..1cc7aff00 100644
--- a/helm/DEVEL/ocaml-http/http_parser.mli
+++ b/helm/DEVEL/ocaml-http/http_parser.mli
@@ -19,13 +19,45 @@
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 *)
 
+(** HTTP messages parsing *)
+
 open Http_types;;
 
+  (** given an HTTP like query string (e.g. "name1=value1&name2=value2&...")
+  @return a list of pairs [("name1", "value1"); ("name2", "value2")]
+  @raise Malformed_query if the string isn't a valid query string
+  @raise Malformed_query_part if some piece of the query isn't valid
+  *)
 val split_query_params: string -> (string * string) list
 
-val parse_request_fst_line: in_channel -> meth * Neturl.url * version
+  (** parse 1st line of an HTTP request
+  @param inchan input channel from which parse request
+  @return a triple meth * url * version, meth is the HTTP method invoked, url is
+  the requested url, version is the HTTP version specified or None if no version
+  was specified
+  @raise Malformed_request if request 1st linst isn't well formed
+  @raise Malformed_request_URI if requested URI isn't well formed *)
+val parse_request_fst_line: in_channel -> meth * Neturl.url * version option
+
+  (** parse 1st line of an HTTP response
+   * @param inchan input channel from which parse response
+   * @raise Malformed_response if first line isn't well formed
+  *)
+val parse_response_fst_line: in_channel -> version * status
+
+  (** parse HTTP GET parameters from an URL; paramater which were passed with no
+  value (like 'x' in "/foo.cgi?a=10&x=&c=9") are returned associated with the
+  empty ("") string.
+  @return a list of pairs param_name * param_value *)
 val parse_query_get_params: Neturl.url -> (string * string) list
+
+  (** parse the base path (removing query string, fragment, ....) from an URL *)
 val parse_path: Neturl.url -> string
+
+  (** parse HTTP headers. Consumes also trailing CRLF at the end of header list
+  @param inchan input channel from which parse headers
+  @return a list of pairs header_name * header_value
+  @raise Invalid_header if a not well formed header is encountered *)
 val parse_headers: in_channel -> (string * string) list
 
   (** given an input channel, reads from it a GET HTTP request and