Index: firmware/App/Tasks/TaskBG.h
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diff -u -r73d8423edc56daed591bc0b3f7baee5540aea423 -r3518e8a088c32e75c0c8960d5e629a7401095feb
--- firmware/App/Tasks/TaskBG.h	(.../TaskBG.h)	(revision 73d8423edc56daed591bc0b3f7baee5540aea423)
+++ firmware/App/Tasks/TaskBG.h	(.../TaskBG.h)	(revision 3518e8a088c32e75c0c8960d5e629a7401095feb)
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 /**
  *  @defgroup TaskBackground TaskBackground
  *  @brief The background task is an infinite loop running in the background
- *  called by main() after initialization.
+ *  called by main() after initialization.  The background task executes
+ *  functions that may take a long time to complete or are very low priority.
+ *  This includes non-volatile memory operations, battery monitoring and
+ *  watchdog management.
  *
  *  @addtogroup TaskBackground
  *  @{