diff --git a/include/ntfs/types.h b/include/ntfs/types.h
index 29b62f25..e1ebbae6 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/types.h
+++ b/include/ntfs/types.h
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ typedef int64_t s64;
 typedef u16 le16;
 typedef u32 le32;
 typedef u64 le64;
+
+/*
+ * Declare sle{16,32,64} to be unsigned because we do not want sign extension
+ * on BE architectures.
+ */
 typedef u16 sle16;
 typedef u32 sle32;
 typedef u64 sle64;