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diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct_plugin.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct_plugin.py
index 1720f7bb20..07811bd26d 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct_plugin.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct_plugin.py
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ import wic.imager.direct as direct
from wic.pluginbase import ImagerPlugin
class DirectPlugin(ImagerPlugin):
+ """
+ Install a system into a file containing a partitioned disk image.
+
+ An image file is formatted with a partition table, each partition
+ created from a rootfs or other OpenEmbedded build artifact and dd'ed
+ into the virtual disk. The disk image can subsequently be dd'ed onto
+ media and used on actual hardware.
+ """
+
name = 'direct'
@classmethod