diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 036047867..282850f17 100644
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ The default peer class IDs are defined as enums in the ``session`` class:
 		local_peer_class_id
 	};
 
+The default peer classes are automatically created on session startup, and
+configured to apply to each respective type of connection. There's nothing
+preventing a client from reconfiguring the peer class ip- and type filters
+to disable or customize which peers they apply to. See set_peer_class_filter()
+and set_peer_class_type_filter().
+
 A peer class can be considered a more general form of *lables* that some
 clients have. Peer classes however are not just applied to torrents, but
 ultimately the peers.
@@ -854,9 +860,9 @@ object), and deleted with the delete_peer_class() call.
 
 Peer classes are configured with the set_peer_class() get_peer_class() calls.
 
-Custom peer classes can be assigned to torrents, with the ??? call, in which
-case all its peers will belong to the class. They can also be assigned based on
-the peer's IP address. See set_peer_class_filter() for more information.
+Custom peer classes can be assigned based on the peer's IP address or the type
+of transport protocol used. See set_peer_class_filter() and
+set_peer_class_type_filter() for more information.
 
 peer class examples
 -------------------
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/peer_class.hpp b/include/libtorrent/peer_class.hpp
index 3c278ccb1..300282543 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/peer_class.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/peer_class.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 {
 	typedef boost::uint32_t peer_class_t;
 
-	struct peer_class_info
+	// holds settings for a peer class. Used in set_peer_class() and
+	// get_peer_class() calls.
+	struct TORRENT_EXPORT peer_class_info
 	{
 		// ``ignore_unchoke_slots`` determines whether peers should always
 		// unchoke a peer, regardless of the choking algorithm, or if it should
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session_handle.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session_handle.hpp
index 3d9caefd1..7f8620ae6 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/session_handle.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session_handle.hpp
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// return value of ``get_peer_class()`` is undefined.
 		//
 		// ``set_peer_class()`` sets all the information in the
-		// ``peer_class_info`` object in the specified peer class. There is no
+		// peer_class_info object in the specified peer class. There is no
 		// option to only update a single property.
 		//
 		// A peer or torrent belonging to more than one class, the highest