diff --git a/modulegen/internal/workfile/reader.go b/modulegen/internal/workfile/reader.go
index 088bf00ef7..e72d0f2367 100644
--- a/modulegen/internal/workfile/reader.go
+++ b/modulegen/internal/workfile/reader.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
 )
 
+// Read reads the go.work file from the given path
 func Read(workFilePath string) (*modfile.WorkFile, error) {
 	file, err := os.ReadFile(workFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modulegen/internal/workfile/writer.go b/modulegen/internal/workfile/writer.go
index 634ff72450..b353e24086 100644
--- a/modulegen/internal/workfile/writer.go
+++ b/modulegen/internal/workfile/writer.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
 )
 
+// Write writes the given go.work to the given path
 func Write(workFilePath string, file *modfile.WorkFile) error {
 	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(workFilePath), 0o755)
 	if err != nil {