diff --git a/requests/adapters.py b/requests/adapters.py
index 23e448f4..75c7901e 100644
--- a/requests/adapters.py
+++ b/requests/adapters.py
@@ -54,10 +54,24 @@ class BaseAdapter(object):
     def __init__(self):
         super(BaseAdapter, self).__init__()
 
-    def send(self):
+    def send(self, request, stream=False, timeout=None, verify=True,
+             cert=None, proxies=None):
+        """Sends PreparedRequest object. Returns Response object.
+
+        :param request: The :class:`PreparedRequest <PreparedRequest>` being sent.
+        :param stream: (optional) Whether to stream the request content.
+        :param timeout: (optional) How long to wait for the server to send
+            data before giving up, as a float, or a :ref:`(connect timeout,
+            read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
+        :type timeout: float or tuple
+        :param verify: (optional) Whether to verify SSL certificates.
+        :param cert: (optional) Any user-provided SSL certificate to be trusted.
+        :param proxies: (optional) The proxies dictionary to apply to the request.
+        """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def close(self):
+        """Cleans up adapter specific items."""
         raise NotImplementedError