diff --git a/registry/consul/consul.go b/registry/consul/consul.go
index c0cc2699..03bc8d89 100644
--- a/registry/consul/consul.go
+++ b/registry/consul/consul.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+// Package consul provides a consul based registry and is the default discovery system
 package consul
 
 import (
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
 )
 
+// NewRegistry returns a new consul registry
 func NewRegistry(opts ...registry.Option) registry.Registry {
 	return registry.NewRegistry(opts...)
 }