diff --git a/.changeset/nice-dragons-collect.md b/.changeset/nice-dragons-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..040b030539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-dragons-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-permission-common': patch
+---
+
+Add api doc comments to Permission type properties.
diff --git a/plugins/permission-common/src/types/permission.ts b/plugins/permission-common/src/types/permission.ts
index 805aefa3de..16934d8771 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-common/src/types/permission.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-common/src/types/permission.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,22 @@ export type PermissionAttributes = {
  * @public
  */
 export type Permission = {
+  /**
+   * The name of the permission.
+   */
   name: string;
+  /**
+   * {@link PermissionAttributes} which describe characteristics of the permission, to help
+   * policy authors make consistent decisions for similar permissions without referring to them
+   * all by name.
+   */
   attributes: PermissionAttributes;
+  /**
+   * Some permissions can be authorized based on characteristics of a resource
+   * such a catalog entity. For these permissions, the resourceType field
+   * denotes the type of the resource whose resourceRef should be passed when
+   * authorizing.
+   */
   resourceType?: string;
 };