diff --git a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialogPython.cpp b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialogPython.cpp
index 15d615f8d5..82da806206 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialogPython.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskDialogPython.cpp
@@ -61,16 +61,38 @@ void ControlPy::init_type()
     behaviors().supportRepr();
     behaviors().supportGetattr();
     behaviors().supportSetattr();
-    add_varargs_method("showDialog",&ControlPy::showDialog,"showDialog()");
-    add_varargs_method("activeDialog",&ControlPy::activeDialog,"activeDialog()");
-    add_varargs_method("closeDialog",&ControlPy::closeDialog,"closeDialog()");
-    add_varargs_method("addTaskWatcher",&ControlPy::addTaskWatcher,"addTaskWatcher()");
-    add_varargs_method("clearTaskWatcher",&ControlPy::clearTaskWatcher,"clearTaskWatcher()");
-    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterDocument",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterDocument,"isAllowedAlterDocument()");
-    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterView",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterView,"isAllowedAlterView()");
-    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterSelection",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterSelection,"isAllowedAlterSelection()");
-    add_varargs_method("showTaskView",&ControlPy::showTaskView,"showTaskView()");
-    add_varargs_method("showModelView",&ControlPy::showModelView,"showModelView()");
+    add_varargs_method("showDialog",&ControlPy::showDialog,
+                        "show the given dialog in the task panel\n"
+                        "showDialog(dialog)\n"
+                        "--\n"
+                        "if a task is already active a RuntimeError is raised");
+    add_varargs_method("activeDialog",&ControlPy::activeDialog,
+                        "check if a dialog is active in the task panel\n"
+                        "activeDialog() --> bool");
+    add_varargs_method("closeDialog",&ControlPy::closeDialog,
+                        "close the active dialog\n"
+                        "closeDialog()");
+    add_varargs_method("addTaskWatcher",&ControlPy::addTaskWatcher,
+                        "install a (list of) TaskWatcher\n"
+                        "addTaskWatcher(TaskWatcher | list)");
+    add_varargs_method("clearTaskWatcher",&ControlPy::clearTaskWatcher,
+                        "remove all TaskWatchers\n"
+                        "clearTaskWatcher()");
+    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterDocument",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterDocument,
+                        "return the permission to alter the current Document\n"
+                        "isAllowedAlterDocument() --> bool");
+    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterView",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterView,
+                        "return the permission to alter the current View\n"
+                        "isAllowedAlterView() --> bool");
+    add_varargs_method("isAllowedAlterSelection",&ControlPy::isAllowedAlterSelection,
+                        "return the permission to alter the current Selection\n"
+                        "isAllowedAlterSelection() --> bool");
+    add_varargs_method("showTaskView",&ControlPy::showTaskView,
+                        "show the Task panel\n"
+                        "showTaskView()");
+    add_varargs_method("showModelView",&ControlPy::showModelView,
+                        "show the Model panel\n"
+                        "showModelView()");
 }
 
 ControlPy::ControlPy()
@@ -312,7 +334,7 @@ TaskDialogPython::TaskDialogPython(const Py::Object& o) : dlg(o)
         }
     }
     else if (dlg.hasAttr(std::string("form"))) {
-        Py::Object f(dlg.getAttr(std::string("form"))); 
+        Py::Object f(dlg.getAttr(std::string("form")));
         Py::List widgets;
         if (f.isList()) {
             widgets = f;