diff --git a/includes/contact.js b/includes/contact.js
index 6a79465..a5d1b89 100644
--- a/includes/contact.js
+++ b/includes/contact.js
@@ -1,34 +1,47 @@
 /**
+ * File which sends emails to me from
+ * a captcha protected form on the contact
+ * page.
+ *
  * @author Jeffery Russell 8-19-18
  */
 
-
 //used for file IO
 const utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
 
-
 //used for static files
 const includes = require('../includes/includes');
 
 //for parsing post data
 const qs = require('querystring');
 
+//cleans form submission
 const sanitizer = require('sanitizer');
 
+//used to send post data for the captcha
 const Request = require('request');
 
-
+//sends the email using a throw away gmail account
 const nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
 
-
+//agent for sending the email
 const smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');
 
 
+//captcha secret
 const CAPTCHA_SECRET = utils.getFileLine("../captcha_secret");
 
+//password to gmail account
 const EMAIL_PASSWORD = utils.getFileLine("../email_password");
 
 
+/**
+ * Verifies if the captcha response recieved from the post data was
+ * valid, or are bots trying to get around the captcha
+ *
+ * @param data captcha data from post request
+ * @returns {Promise} resolves whether the captcha is valid
+ */
 const verifyCapcha = function(data)
 {
     const recaptcha_url = "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?" +
@@ -64,7 +77,14 @@ const verifyCapcha = function(data)
 };
 
 
-
+/**
+ * Sends a email to my personal emaail address using a throw away
+ * gmail account
+ *
+ * @param name from contact form
+ * @param email from contact form
+ * @param message from contact form
+ */
 const sendEmail = function(name, email, message)
 {
 
@@ -103,7 +123,14 @@ const sendEmail = function(name, email, message)
 };
 
 
-
+/**
+ * If there was post data on the contact page, it processes it to see
+ * if it was a valid captcha request and sends an email. If no post data was sent,
+ * the normal form is displayed
+ *
+ * @param request -- main express request
+ * @returns {Promise} renders the html of the contact widget
+ */
 const processContactPage = function(request)
 {
     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
@@ -144,6 +171,15 @@ const processContactPage = function(request)
 
 module.exports =
     {
+        /**
+         * Displays the contact page along with the header, sidebar, and footer.
+         * This uses the admin header because it doesn't need any minified css
+         * which has been purged of some css classes which are not used in any
+         * of the blog posts.
+         *
+         * @param request -- main express request
+         * @param result -- renders the html of the contact page
+         */
         main: function(request, result)
         {
             result.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
diff --git a/includes/messageSent.html b/includes/messageSent.html
index d369bec..f509343 100644
--- a/includes/messageSent.html
+++ b/includes/messageSent.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <div class='col-md-8'>
     <h1>Message Sent</h1>
+    <p>I will try to get back to you within a week. Thank you for messaging me.</p>
 </div>
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