diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLMechanism.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLMechanism.java
index d2ef35e9d..c84e62783 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLMechanism.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/sasl/SASLMechanism.java
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ public abstract class SASLMechanism implements Comparable<SASLMechanism> {
      */
     public abstract String getName();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the priority of this SASL mechanism. Lower values mean higher priority.
+     *
+     * @return the priority of this SASL mechanism.
+     */
     public abstract int getPriority();
 
     public abstract void checkIfSuccessfulOrThrow() throws SmackException;