diff --git a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
index 110b7dbb6b347ec92fad27bbd1ed71b65b770e33..a3e14f3c3c5f59b03a01eae56c0251d59b2b89ad 100644
--- a/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
+++ b/loopy/target/c/c_execution.py
@@ -175,16 +175,10 @@ class CExecutionWrapperGenerator(ExecutionWrapperGeneratorBase):
         return arg.name
 
 
-"""
-The compiler module handles invocation of compilers to generate a shared lib
-which can be loaded via ctypes.
-"""
-
-
 class CCompiler(object):
     """
-    Wraps a C compiler to build and load shared libraries.
-    Defaults to gcc
+    The compiler module handles invocation of compilers to generate a shared lib
+    using codepy, which can subsequently be loaded via ctypes.
     """
 
     source_suffix = 'c'