diff --git a/docs/libs/tmpl/gstdataprotocol.sgml b/docs/libs/tmpl/gstdataprotocol.sgml
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-<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstDPHeaderFlag ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_NONE: 
-@GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC_HEADER: 
-@GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC_PAYLOAD: 
-@GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstDPPayloadType ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_DP_PAYLOAD_NONE: 
-@GST_DP_PAYLOAD_BUFFER: 
-@GST_DP_PAYLOAD_CAPS: 
-@GST_DP_PAYLOAD_EVENT_NONE: 
-
-<!-- ##### MACRO GST_DP_HEADER_LENGTH ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstDPVersion ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_DP_VERSION_0_2: 
-@GST_DP_VERSION_1_0: 
-
-<!-- ##### MACRO GST_DP_VERSION_MAJOR ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-
-
-<!-- ##### MACRO GST_DP_VERSION_MINOR ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_init ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-
-
-<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GstDPHeaderFromBufferFunction ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@buffer: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GstDPPacketFromCapsFunction ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@caps: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GstDPPacketFromEventFunction ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@event: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### STRUCT GstDPPacketizer ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@version: 
-@header_from_buffer: 
-@packet_from_caps: 
-@packet_from_event: 
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_packetizer_new ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@version: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_packetizer_free ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@packetizer: 
-
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-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_crc ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@buffer: 
-@length: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_header_payload_length ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_header_payload_type ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_header_from_buffer ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@buffer: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_packet_from_caps ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@caps: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_packet_from_event ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@event: 
-@flags: 
-@length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_buffer_from_header ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_caps_from_packet ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_event_from_packet ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_validate_header ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_validate_payload ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
-<!-- ##### FUNCTION gst_dp_validate_packet ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@header_length: 
-@header: 
-@payload: 
-@Returns: 
-
-
diff --git a/libs/gst/dataprotocol/dataprotocol.c b/libs/gst/dataprotocol/dataprotocol.c
index 74da67f855..fa07d0cab9 100644
--- a/libs/gst/dataprotocol/dataprotocol.c
+++ b/libs/gst/dataprotocol/dataprotocol.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
  * stream.  This implies that there will always be a caps packet before any
  * buffer packets.
  *
+ * The versioning of the protocol is independent of GStreamer's version.
+ * The major number gets incremented, and the minor reset, for incompatible
+ * changes.  The minor number gets incremented for compatible changes that
+ * allow clients who do not completely understand the newer protocol version
+ * to still decode what they do understand.
+ *
  * Version 0.2 serializes only a small subset of all events, with a custom
  * payload for each type.  Also, all GDP streams start with the initial caps
  * packet.