diff --git a/quinn-udp/src/lib.rs b/quinn-udp/src/lib.rs
index cbbae2cde..5adf622fd 100644
--- a/quinn-udp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quinn-udp/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,11 +35,28 @@ pub use imp::UdpSocketState;
 /// Number of UDP packets to send/receive at a time
 pub const BATCH_SIZE: usize = imp::BATCH_SIZE;
 
+/// Metadata for a single buffer filled with bytes received from the network
+///
+/// This associated buffer can contain one or more datagrams, see [`stride`].
+///
+/// [`stride`]: RecvMeta::stride
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct RecvMeta {
+    /// The source address of the datagram(s) contained in the buffer
     pub addr: SocketAddr,
+    /// The number of bytes the associated buffer has
     pub len: usize,
+    /// The size of a single datagram in the associated buffer
+    ///
+    /// When GRO (Generic Receive Offload) is used this indicates the size of a single
+    /// datagram inside the buffer. If the buffer is larger, that is if [`len`] is greater
+    /// then this value, then the individual datagrams contained have their boundaries at
+    /// `stride` increments from the start. The last datagram could be smaller than
+    /// `stride`.
+    ///
+    /// [`len`]: RecvMeta::len
     pub stride: usize,
+    /// The Explicit Congestion Notification bits for the datagram(s) in the buffer
     pub ecn: Option<EcnCodepoint>,
     /// The destination IP address which was encoded in this datagram
     pub dst_ip: Option<IpAddr>,