diff --git a/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java b/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
index 52fc593..f28d705 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/server/api/RecipeController.java
@@ -121,20 +121,27 @@ public class RecipeController {
         return ResponseEntity.ok(true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Performs a search based on a case-insensitive parital match on
+     * Recipe name and limits the result to a set amount of results.
+     * @param search - name of the recipe to be searched for.
+     * @param limit - limit of the results queried for.
+     * @return - returns a ResponseEntity with a List of Recipes and an HTTP 200 ok status.
+     */
     public ResponseEntity<List<Recipe>> getRecipes(
             @RequestParam(required = false) String search,
             @RequestParam(required = false) Integer limit){
 
         List<Recipe> recipes = recipeRepository.findAll();
 
-        if(search != null && !search.trim().isEmpty()){
+        if(search != null && !search.trim().isEmpty()){     // if search isn't null or empty perform the filtering process
             String lowercaseSearch = search.toLowerCase();
             recipes = recipes.stream().filter(recipe -> recipe.getName()
                     .toLowerCase()
                     .contains(lowercaseSearch))
                     .toList();
         }
-        if(limit != null && limit<recipes.size()){
+        if(limit != null && limit<recipes.size()){      // Limit the results if the limit is provided
             recipes = recipes.stream().limit(limit).toList();
         }
         return ResponseEntity.ok(recipes);