diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterContext.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterContext.cs
index 91b036ff6..fbc79ae5d 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterContext.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterContext.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif.Av1.Pipeline.LoopFilter;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines the per-frame state boundary used while applying the AV1 deblocking loop filter.
+/// </summary>
 internal class Av1LoopFilterContext
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterDecoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterDecoder.cs
index bf0c83c95..1a05902de 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterDecoder.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Heif/Av1/Pipeline/LoopFilter/Av1LoopFilterDecoder.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,43 @@ using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif.Av1.Tiling;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif.Av1.Pipeline.LoopFilter;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides frame traversal for the AV1 in-loop deblocking stage.
+/// </summary>
 internal class Av1LoopFilterDecoder
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The sequence-level superblock configuration.
+    /// </summary>
     private readonly ObuSequenceHeader sequenceHeader;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The frame dimensions and loop-filter parameters.
+    /// </summary>
     private readonly ObuFrameHeader frameHeader;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The decoded block-mode information addressed by superblock origin.
+    /// </summary>
     private readonly Av1FrameInfo frameInfo;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The reconstructed plane samples supplied to in-loop filtering.
+    /// </summary>
     private readonly Av1FrameBuffer<byte> frameBuffer;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The per-frame filter context retained across superblocks.
+    /// </summary>
     private readonly Av1LoopFilterContext loopFilterContext;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Av1LoopFilterDecoder"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="sequenceHeader">The sequence header that supplies the superblock size.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameHeader">The frame header that supplies dimensions and filter parameters.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameInfo">The decoded block-mode information for the frame.</param>
+    /// <param name="frameBuffer">The reconstructed frame samples to filter.</param>
     public Av1LoopFilterDecoder(ObuSequenceHeader sequenceHeader, ObuFrameHeader frameHeader, Av1FrameInfo frameInfo, Av1FrameBuffer<byte> frameBuffer)
     {
         this.sequenceHeader = sequenceHeader;
@@ -23,6 +52,11 @@ internal class Av1LoopFilterDecoder
         this.loopFilterContext = new();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Traverses each superblock in raster order when loop filtering is enabled for the decode pass.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="doLoopFilterFlag">Whether the frame should run the deblocking stage.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException">The superblock filtering operation has not been implemented.</exception>
     public void DecodeFrame(bool doLoopFilterFlag)
     {
         Guard.NotNull(this.sequenceHeader);
@@ -38,7 +72,8 @@ internal class Av1LoopFilterDecoder
         int frameWidthInSuperblocks = Av1Math.DivideLog2Ceiling(this.frameHeader.FrameSize.FrameWidth, this.sequenceHeader.SuperblockSizeLog2);
         int frameHeightInSuperblocks = Av1Math.DivideLog2Ceiling(this.frameHeader.FrameSize.FrameHeight, this.sequenceHeader.SuperblockSizeLog2);
 
-        // Loop over a frame : tregger dec_loop_filter_sb for each SB
+        // Filtering proceeds in raster order because vertical and horizontal edges depend on already reconstructed
+        // neighboring blocks, while the final superblock in each row requires distinct delayed-edge handling.
         for (int superblockIndexY = 0; superblockIndexY < frameHeightInSuperblocks; ++superblockIndexY)
         {
             for (int superblockIndexX = 0; superblockIndexX < frameWidthInSuperblocks; ++superblockIndexX)
@@ -49,9 +84,10 @@ internal class Av1LoopFilterDecoder
 
                 Point superblockPoint = new(superblockOriginX, superblockOriginY);
                 Av1SuperblockInfo superblockInfo = this.frameInfo.GetSuperblock(superblockPoint);
+
+                // Mode-info coordinates are measured in 4x4 units, whereas the frame and superblock origins are pixels.
                 Point superblockOriginInModeInfo = new(superblockOriginX >> 2, superblockOriginY >> 2);
 
-                // LF function for a SB
                 this.DecodeForSuperblock(
                     superblockInfo,
                     superblockOriginInModeInfo,
@@ -63,6 +99,16 @@ internal class Av1LoopFilterDecoder
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the not-yet-implemented deblocking operation for one superblock and plane range.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="superblockInfo">The decoded modes and delta values for the superblock.</param>
+    /// <param name="modeInfoLocation">The superblock origin in 4x4 mode-info units.</param>
+    /// <param name="startPlane">The first color plane to filter.</param>
+    /// <param name="endPlane">The exclusive color-plane index at which filtering stops.</param>
+    /// <param name="endOfRowFlag">Whether the superblock is the final block in its raster row.</param>
+    /// <param name="superblockDeltaLoopFilter">The per-superblock loop-filter strength adjustments.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="NotImplementedException">Always thrown because superblock deblocking has not been implemented.</exception>
     private void DecodeForSuperblock(Av1SuperblockInfo superblockInfo, Point modeInfoLocation, Av1Plane startPlane, int endPlane, bool endOfRowFlag, Span<int> superblockDeltaLoopFilter)
         => throw new NotImplementedException();
 }