diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.cpp
index f6a42120d11..cab362a8e3b 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Expected<std::vector<SignerEntries::SignerEntry>, NotTEC>
 SignerEntries::deserialize(
     STObject const& obj,
     beast::Journal journal,
-    std::string const& annotation)
+    std::string_view annotation)
 {
     std::pair<std::vector<SignerEntry>, NotTEC> s;
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.h b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.h
index c64e106ae9e..2227aa98109 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/tx/detail/SignerEntries.h
@@ -27,18 +27,27 @@
 #include <xrpl/protocol/STTx.h>              // STTx::maxMultiSigners
 #include <xrpl/protocol/TER.h>               // temMALFORMED
 #include <xrpl/protocol/UintTypes.h>         // AccountID
+
 #include <optional>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace ripple {
 
 // Forward declarations
 class STObject;
 
-// Support for SignerEntries that is needed by a few Transactors
+// Support for SignerEntries that is needed by a few Transactors.
+//
+// SignerEntries is represented as a std::vector<SignerEntries::SignerEntry>.
+// There is no direct constructor for SignerEntries.
+//
+//  o A std::vector<SignerEntries::SignerEntry> is a SignerEntries.
+//  o More commonly, SignerEntries are extracted from an STObject by
+//    calling SignerEntries::deserialize().
 class SignerEntries
 {
 public:
-    explicit SignerEntries() = default;
+    explicit SignerEntries() = delete;
 
     struct SignerEntry
     {
@@ -69,11 +78,15 @@ class SignerEntries
     };
 
     // Deserialize a SignerEntries array from the network or from the ledger.
+    //
+    // obj Contains a SignerEntries field that is an STArray.
+    // journal For reporting error conditions.
+    // annotation Source of SignerEntries, like "ledger" or "transaction".
     static Expected<std::vector<SignerEntry>, NotTEC>
     deserialize(
         STObject const& obj,
         beast::Journal journal,
-        std::string const& annotation);
+        std::string_view annotation);
 };
 
 }  // namespace ripple