diff --git a/src/app/endpoints/root.py b/src/app/endpoints/root.py
index 080dd37a..3bdf01df 100644
--- a/src/app/endpoints/root.py
+++ b/src/app/endpoints/root.py
@@ -783,7 +783,14 @@ async def root_endpoint_handler(
     auth: Annotated[AuthTuple, Depends(auth_dependency)],
     request: Request,
 ) -> HTMLResponse:
-    """Handle request to the / endpoint."""
+    """
+    Handle GET requests to the root ("/") endpoint and returns the static HTML index page.
+
+    Returns:
+        HTMLResponse: The HTML content of the index page, including a heading,
+        embedded image with the service icon, and links to the API documentation
+        via Swagger UI and ReDoc.
+    """
     # Used only for authorization
     _ = auth
 
diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/src/utils/__init__.py
index b54d80e4..1ce0c0fc 100644
--- a/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"""Utils."""
+"""Utility classes and functions for the Lightspeed Stack core service."""