diff --git a/loopy/transform/data.py b/loopy/transform/data.py
index 5b1ee6ccafa4c3b76609f197cc31691de562aaa5..7fbc595f27ea34f9056b36e3d6f0e168b182c24e 100644
--- a/loopy/transform/data.py
+++ b/loopy/transform/data.py
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ def change_arg_to_image(knl, name):
 
 def tag_array_axes(knl, ary_names, dim_tags):
     """
+    :arg dim_tags: a tuple of
+        :class:`loopy.kernel.array.ArrayDimImplementationTag` or a string that
+        parses to one. See :func:`loopy.kernel.array.parse_dim_tags` for a
+        description of the allowed string format.
+
+        For example, *dim_tags* could be ``"N2,N0,N1"`` to determine
+        that the second axis is the fastest-varying, the last is
+        the next-fastest, and the first is the slowest.
+
     .. versionchanged:: 2016.2
 
         This function was called :func:`tag_data_axes` before version 2016.2.