diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/all-down.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/all-down.sh
index 536d44695c67c90107c16cea75a8e1e52770395a..4d28a1db59978d67b99d2179611dfefabbff5dad 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/all-down.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/all-down.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shuts down openBIS and DSS
+
 dss-down.sh
 bis-down.sh
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/all-up.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/all-up.sh
index 25044d89cfd1951111decc3c3d5cf34ee9c57b08..b8b31ec9315e5654a12f2d68a80afd651f94fec5 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/all-up.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/all-up.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Starts up openBIS and DSS
+
 echo Starting openBIS.
 bis-up.sh
 echo Waiting 20 sec for openBIS to start up....
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh
index 112aae36ecc890301d989a792e8adf8b3945e547..d2c2dff3fd738ba74535b44587a7d8194bbc825a 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-down.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shuts down openBIS server
+
 ./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh
index 3387791a24ca969679541191f6ce823c8b392301..abab1e693516cfdd367d071c8b27720af286d066 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-log.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shows openBIS server log
+
 less ./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/logs/openbis_log.txt
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh
index c243df6ba571f20edc254273102c2badd275538f..c1e62d9b82ee8e00e35312e36ac3b17635820a5b 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/bis-up.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Starts up openBIS server
+
 ./sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh
index ef5be08f4a269220371811f14f0c73fc8e7c4d88..a1ab906fc0d7704bc5f6d9b90b383f83a3575eb8 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-down.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shuts down DSS
+
 ./sprint/datastore_server/datastore_server.sh stop
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh
index c2f563a74a9597f7b9b7ca806371f212a78358c1..d3b3d05f98566dcf91aea08313d3103c5d7beb18 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-log.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shows DSS log
+
 less sprint/datastore_server/log/datastore_server_log.txt
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh
index ad6c638c52f0adbec713974eda4bd18dac34cba8..0668f0e8422ef411f86c5b965c9741cbb8210f09 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/dss-up.sh
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Starts up DSS
+
 ./sprint/datastore_server/datastore_server.sh start
diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh
index ee95f9a7603b241635bfb8b7f70f66158973509d..6806087ee6cc20ea24c9d1a666842851714a3504 100755
--- a/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh
+++ b/openbis_all/source/bash/svn-update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Author: Tomasz Pylak
-# this small script updates all scripts available in this directory from svn
+# Updates all scripts available in the current directory to the version found in SVN.
 
 SVN=http://svncisd.ethz.ch/repos/cisd/openbis_all/trunk/source/bash
 TMP=svn-update-tmp