diff --git a/litellm/timeout.py b/litellm/timeout.py
index f9bf036cea2..0d03a3e45e8 100644
--- a/litellm/timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/timeout.py
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ def timeout(timeout_duration: float = 0.0, exception_to_raise=Timeout):
 
 
 class _LoopWrapper(Thread):
+    """Daemon thread that owns a dedicated asyncio event loop.
+
+    Used by the sync branch of :func:`timeout` to run a coroutine on a
+    background event loop so the calling thread can wait on it with a
+    timeout via :func:`asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe`.
+    """
+
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(daemon=True)
         self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()