diff --git a/api/types/network/ipam.go b/api/types/network/ipam.go
index a8e7280e5c..17f370ef7e 100644
--- a/api/types/network/ipam.go
+++ b/api/types/network/ipam.go
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ func HasIPv6Subnets(ipam *IPAM) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// ValidateIPAM checks whether the network's IPAM passed as argument is valid. It returns a joinError of the list of
+// errors found.
 func ValidateIPAM(ipam *IPAM) error {
 	if ipam == nil {
 		return nil