diff --git a/django/views/static.py b/django/views/static.py
index e274057617..dce45d914d 100644
--- a/django/views/static.py
+++ b/django/views/static.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from django.template import loader
-from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseNotModified
-from django.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
+"""
+Views and functions for serving static files.  These are only to be used
+during development, and SHOULD NOT be used in a production setting.
+"""
+
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import posixpath
@@ -9,6 +11,10 @@ import rfc822
 import stat
 import urllib
 
+from django.template import loader
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseNotModified
+from django.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
+
 def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):
     """
     Serve static files below a given point in the directory structure.