diff --git a/tv/README.md b/tv/README.md
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+# TV-related HIDL and AIDL HALs
+
+This directory bundles TV-related HALs in HIDL (legacy) and AIDL.
+
+- The 'tuner' directory contains the Tuner HIDL and AIDL HALs.
+- The 'input' directory contains the TV Input HIDL and AIDL HALs.
+- The 'cec' directory contains the CEC HIDL HAL.
+- The 'hdmi' directory contains the HDMI-related AIDL HALs, which includes the CEC AIDL HAL.
diff --git a/tv/hdmi/README.md b/tv/hdmi/README.md
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+# HDMI-related AIDL HALs for Android devices
+
+This directory bundles 3 HDMI-related AIDL HALs: HDMI Connection HAL, CEC HAL and eARC HAL.
+
+The HDMI Connection HAL contains general APIs for the HDMI Connection. These methods are required by
+the CEC and the eARC implementation. Therefore, devices that implement CEC need to support the HDMI
+Connection HAL and the CEC HAL. Devices that implement eARC need to support the HDMI Connection HAL
+and the eARC HAL.
+
+Other Android HALs are related to HDMI as well, but not included in this directory for historical
+reasons, e.g. Display HAL and TV Input HAL.
diff --git a/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/HdmiPortInfo.aidl b/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/HdmiPortInfo.aidl
index 875c9da10d..6bec7e5665 100644
--- a/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/HdmiPortInfo.aidl
+++ b/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/HdmiPortInfo.aidl
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ import android.hardware.tv.hdmi.connection.HdmiPortType;
 @VintfStability
 parcelable HdmiPortInfo {
     HdmiPortType type;
-    int portId; // Input ports should start from 1 which corresponds to HDMI "port 1".
+    int portId; // For devices with input ports (e.g. TV Panels), input ports should start from 1
+                // which corresponds to HDMI "port 1".
+
+    // In the following, 'supported' refers to having the necessary hardware and firmware on the
+    // device to support CEC/ARC/eARC on this port.
     boolean cecSupported;
     boolean arcSupported; // If true, cecSupported has to be true as well. ARC cannot be supported
                           // without CEC support.
     boolean eArcSupported;
+
     // The physical address of the device connected to this port, valid range is 0x0000 to 0xFFFF
     // (ref Sec 8.7.2 of HDMI 1.4b).
     int physicalAddress;
diff --git a/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/IHdmiConnection.aidl b/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/IHdmiConnection.aidl
index 6c7a4381bf..ee6cc89d12 100644
--- a/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/IHdmiConnection.aidl
+++ b/tv/hdmi/connection/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/connection/IHdmiConnection.aidl
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ interface IHdmiConnection {
      * hotplug signal). When set to {@code HDMI_HPD_STATUS_BIT} the HAL should use the HDP status
      * bit.
      *
+     * This is only relevant to TV Panel devices that support eARC TX. While eARC TX is connected,
+     * the framework calls this method to set the HPD signal to {@code HDMI_HPD_STATUS_BIT}.
+     *
+     * For all other device types, this method can be stubbed.
+     *
      * @param signal The HPD signal type to use.
      * @param portId id of the port on which the HPD signal should be set.
      *
@@ -70,6 +75,12 @@ interface IHdmiConnection {
     /**
      * Get the current signal the HAL is using for HPD
      *
+     * This is only relevant to TV Panel devices that support eARC TX. While eARC TX is connected,
+     * this method returns {@code HDMI_HPD_STATUS_BIT}.
+     *
+     * For all other device types, this method can be stubbed by always returning
+     * {@code HDMI_HPD_PHYSICAL}.
+     *
      * @param portId id of the port of which the current HPD signal is queried.
      */
     HpdSignal getHpdSignal(in int portId);
diff --git a/tv/hdmi/earc/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/earc/IEArc.aidl b/tv/hdmi/earc/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/earc/IEArc.aidl
index e5a645873d..d9fb29c760 100644
--- a/tv/hdmi/earc/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/earc/IEArc.aidl
+++ b/tv/hdmi/earc/aidl/android/hardware/tv/hdmi/earc/IEArc.aidl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import android.hardware.tv.hdmi.earc.IEArcCallback;
 import android.hardware.tv.hdmi.earc.IEArcStatus;
 
 /**
- * eARC HAL interface definition
+ * eARC HAL interface definition. This is only relevant to TV Panels that implement eARC TX.
  */
 @VintfStability
 interface IEArc {