diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/report/GATKReportTable.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/report/GATKReportTable.java
index 075ca3c53e5..e584e5f489b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/report/GATKReportTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/report/GATKReportTable.java
@@ -558,22 +558,41 @@ else if ( info.getDataType().equals(GATKReportDataType.Unknown) && (obj instance
         out.println();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The number of rows in this table
+     */
     public int getNumRows() {
         return underlyingData.size();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The number of columns in this table
+     */
     public int getNumColumns() {
         return columnInfo.size();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return A list of GATKReportColumn objects describing this table
+     */
     public List<GATKReportColumn> getColumnInfo() {
         return columnInfo;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The name of this table
+     */
     public String getTableName() {
         return tableName;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The description for this table
+     */
+    public String getTableDescription() {
+        return tableDescription;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Concatenates the rows from the table to this one
      *