diff --git a/examples/main.rs b/examples/main.rs
index d832bd2..9943096 100644
--- a/examples/main.rs
+++ b/examples/main.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn main() {
     let surface = intel_tex_2::RgbaSurface {
         width,
         height,
-        stride: width * 4,
+        stride_in_bytes: width * 4,
         data: &rgba_img,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/astc.rs b/src/astc.rs
index c555c08..af37b74 100644
--- a/src/astc.rs
+++ b/src/astc.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(settings: &EncodeSettings, surface: &RgbaSurface, bl
     let mut surface = kernel_astc::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/bc1.rs b/src/bc1.rs
index caac2e8..374e77b 100644
--- a/src/bc1.rs
+++ b/src/bc1.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(surface: &RgbaSurface, blocks: &mut [u8]) {
     let mut surface = kernel::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/bc3.rs b/src/bc3.rs
index 13499bf..ff923f3 100644
--- a/src/bc3.rs
+++ b/src/bc3.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(surface: &RgbaSurface, blocks: &mut [u8]) {
     let mut surface = kernel::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/bc6h.rs b/src/bc6h.rs
index caaa2cc..e5d50b7 100644
--- a/src/bc6h.rs
+++ b/src/bc6h.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(settings: &EncodeSettings, surface: &RgbaSurface, bl
     let mut surface = kernel::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
     let mut settings = kernel::bc6h_enc_settings {
diff --git a/src/bc7.rs b/src/bc7.rs
index ec694ba..1112524 100644
--- a/src/bc7.rs
+++ b/src/bc7.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(settings: &EncodeSettings, surface: &RgbaSurface, bl
     let mut surface = kernel::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
     let mut settings = kernel::bc7_enc_settings {
diff --git a/src/etc1.rs b/src/etc1.rs
index fec149c..a399a76 100644
--- a/src/etc1.rs
+++ b/src/etc1.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn compress_blocks_into(settings: EncodeSettings, surface: &RgbaSurface, blo
     let mut surface = kernel::rgba_surface {
         width: surface.width as i32,
         height: surface.height as i32,
-        stride: surface.stride as i32,
+        stride: surface.stride_in_bytes as i32,
         ptr: surface.data.as_ptr() as *mut u8,
     };
     let mut settings = kernel::etc_enc_settings {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7a876a2..ef771a0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ pub mod bc6h;
 pub mod bc7;
 pub mod etc1;
 
+/// Describes a 2D uncompressed little endian RGBA image.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct RgbaSurface<'a> {
+    /// The pixel data for the image.
+    /// The data does not need to be tightly packed, but if it isn't, stride must be different from `width * 4`.
+    /// 
+    /// Expected to be at least `stride * height` bytes long.
     pub data: &'a [u8],
     pub width: u32,
     pub height: u32,
-    pub stride: u32,
+    /// The stride between the rows of pixels, in bytes.
+    pub stride_in_bytes: u32,
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]