diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 17a8d8e..7017339 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2 # sets up a Python environment 
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
-      - name: Install MkDocs   
+      - name: Install MkDocs   # installs MkDocs
         run: pip install mkdocs 
-      - name: Deploy with MkDocs
+      - name: Deploy with MkDocs # deploys the site using MkDocs
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # allows the workflow to access the repository otherwise it will fail due to laking write permissions
         run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
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