diff --git a/.changeset/great-tomatoes-cheat.md b/.changeset/great-tomatoes-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..547e89c6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/great-tomatoes-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli-common': patch
+---
+
+Add docs to the last export of cli-common
diff --git a/packages/cli-common/api-report.md b/packages/cli-common/api-report.md
index 371671e63a..4b61cfedb8 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/cli-common/api-report.md
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export type Paths = {
   resolveTargetRoot: ResolveFunc;
 };
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public
 export type ResolveFunc = (...paths: string[]) => string;
 ```
diff --git a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
index 4aa9d4b76e..c9f486752f 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { dirname, resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 
-/** @public */
+/**
+ * A function that takes a set of path fragments and resolves them into a
+ * single complete path, relative to some root.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export type ResolveFunc = (...paths: string[]) => string;
 
 /**