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diff --git a/ext/dl/handle.c b/ext/dl/handle.c
index eea8697e06..2037ab5760 100644
--- a/ext/dl/handle.c
+++ b/ext/dl/handle.c
@@ -361,11 +361,59 @@ dlhandle_sym(void *handle, const char *name)
void
Init_dlhandle(void)
{
+ /*
+ * Document-class: DL::Handle
+ *
+ * The DL::Handle is the manner to access the dynamic library
+ *
+ * == Example
+ *
+ * === Setup
+ *
+ * libc_so = "/lib64/libc.so.6"
+ * => "/lib64/libc.so.6"
+ * @handle = DL::Handle.new(libc_so)
+ * => #<DL::Handle:0x00000000d69ef8>
+ *
+ * === Setup, with flags
+ *
+ * libc_so = "/lib64/libc.so.6"
+ * => "/lib64/libc.so.6"
+ * @handle = DL::Handle.new(libc_so, DL::RTLD_LAZY | DL::RTLD_GLOBAL)
+ * => #<DL::Handle:0x00000000d69ef8>
+ *
+ * === Addresses to symbols
+ *
+ * strcpy_addr = @handle['strcpy']
+ * => 140062278451968
+ *
+ * or
+ *
+ * strcpy_addr = @handle.sym('strcpy')
+ * => 140062278451968
+ *
+ */
rb_cDLHandle = rb_define_class_under(rb_mDL, "Handle", rb_cObject);
rb_define_alloc_func(rb_cDLHandle, rb_dlhandle_s_allocate);
rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDLHandle, "sym", rb_dlhandle_s_sym, 1);
rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDLHandle, "[]", rb_dlhandle_s_sym, 1);
+
+ /* Document-const: NEXT
+ *
+ * A predefined pseudo-handle of RTLD_NEXT
+ *
+ * Which will find the next occurrence of a function in the search order
+ * after the current library.
+ */
rb_define_const(rb_cDLHandle, "NEXT", predefined_dlhandle(RTLD_NEXT));
+
+ /* Document-const: DEFAULT
+ *
+ * A predefined pseudo-handle of RTLD_DEFAULT
+ *
+ * Which will find the first occurrence of the desired symbol using the
+ * default library search order
+ */
rb_define_const(rb_cDLHandle, "DEFAULT", predefined_dlhandle(RTLD_DEFAULT));
rb_define_method(rb_cDLHandle, "initialize", rb_dlhandle_initialize, -1);
rb_define_method(rb_cDLHandle, "to_i", rb_dlhandle_to_i, 0);