diff --git a/unsorted/evas/evas-init-shutdown.c b/unsorted/evas/evas-init-shutdown.c
index b3df2e6f..4194fcae 100644
--- a/unsorted/evas/evas-init-shutdown.c
+++ b/unsorted/evas/evas-init-shutdown.c
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 /**
  * Example of initializing and shutting down Evas.
  *
- * Usually one would instantiate a canvas to have something useful out
- * of Evas. For an example of this kind, see the @ref
- * Example_Evas_Buffer_Simple.
+ * For this introduction to Evas, we'll simply turn it on and off and
+ * explain everything we're doing from the absolute basics, to provide
+ * a starting point for understanding the other examples in this set,
+ * which won't be explaining things quite so verbosely.
  *
- * Here, we are just listing the engine Evas was compiled with support
- * to.
+ * See the @ref Example_Evas_Buffer_Simple as the next step in the tutorial.
+ *
+ * Evas examples can be built using the regular `make examples`, but each
+ * example includes the compiler line for building that specific example if
+ * you wish to build it in isolation:
  *
  * @verbatim
  * gcc -o evas-init-shutdown evas-init-shutdown.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags evas`
  * @endverbatim
  *
+ * For this compilation to function properly, you'll need to have built and
+ * installed the evas library and include files in a location that the pkg-config
+ * tool will be able to find.  The example executable will be 'evas-init-shutdown'.
  */
 
 #include <Evas.h>
@@ -24,8 +31,15 @@ main(void)
    Eina_List *engine_list, *l;
    char *engine_name;
 
+   /* Initialize Evas.  This will startup other dependencies such as
+    * eina, eet, ecore, etc. and initalizes various internal things
+    * (threads, filters, etc.) */
    evas_init();
 
+   /* When building Evas you can configure a variety of engines to be
+    * built with it.  Get a list of what engines are available using the
+    * evas_render_method_list routine.
+    */
    engine_list = evas_render_method_list();
    if (!engine_list)
      {
@@ -33,12 +47,22 @@ main(void)
         exit(-1);
      }
 
+   /* 'engine_list' is a linked list (@see Eina_List.)  The
+    * EINA_LIST_FOREACH macro permits navigating through the items using
+    * the iterator 'l', making the node data available as 'engine_name'.
+    */
    printf("Available Evas Engines:\n");
    EINA_LIST_FOREACH(engine_list, l, engine_name)
      printf("%s\n", engine_name);
 
+   /* To free the list, we use evas_render_method_list's corresponding
+    * destructor routine.
+    */
    evas_render_method_list_free(engine_list);
 
+   /* Shuts down all dependencies if nothing else is using them, and
+    * clears allocated data held internally.
+    */
    evas_shutdown();
    return 0;
 }