diff --git a/Environment/FlatExponential.h b/Environment/FlatExponential.h
index 7f294bebdfe35f05ddbd96505a4bbee0473b7850..ef8cdc9a312d3ff3d345312a6349390deb9e11a8 100644
--- a/Environment/FlatExponential.h
+++ b/Environment/FlatExponential.h
@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@
 #include <corsika/units/PhysicalUnits.h>
 
 namespace corsika::environment {
-
+  
+  //clang-format off
+  /**
+   * flat exponential density distribution with
+   * \f[
+   *  \varrho(r) = \varrho_0 \exp\left( \frac{1}{\lambda} (r - p) \cdot
+   *    \vec{a} \right).
+   * \f]
+   * \f$ \vec{a} \f$ denotes the axis and should be normalized to avoid degeneracy
+   * with the scale parameter \f$ \lambda \f$.
+   */
+  //clang-format on
   template <class T>
   class FlatExponential : public BaseExponential<FlatExponential<T>>, public T {
     geometry::Vector<units::si::dimensionless_d> const fAxis;