diff --git a/src/Control/Applicative/Backwards.idr b/src/Control/Applicative/Backwards.idr
index c08ff5e..27a4a46 100644
--- a/src/Control/Applicative/Backwards.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Applicative/Backwards.idr
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module Control.Applicative.Backwards
 %default total
 
 
+||| Wrap an `Applicative` type constructor so that its actions are executed
+||| in the opposite order.
 public export
 record Backwards {0 k : Type} (f : k -> Type) a where
   constructor MkBackwards
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Equality.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Equality.idr
index 8731f48..6bd66c8 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Equality.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Equality.idr
@@ -5,46 +5,69 @@ import Control.Lens.Optic
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-- This type is trivial and thus really isn't necessary;
+-- it's only defined and used in order to assist Idris with optic coersion.
 public export
 record IsEquality {0 k,k' : _} (p : k -> k' -> Type) where
   constructor MkIsEquality
 
+
+||| An `Equality s t a b` is a witness that `(s = a, t = b)` that can be used
+||| as an optic.
+|||
+||| The canonical `Equality` is `id : Equality a b a b`.
+|||
+||| An `Equality` can be coerced to any other optic.
 public export
 0 Equality : k -> k' -> k -> k' -> Type
 Equality s t a b = forall p. IsEquality p => p a b -> p s t
 
+||| An `Equality' s a` is a witness that `s = a` that can be used as an optic.
+||| This is the `Simple` version of `Equality`.
 public export
-0 Equality' : k -> k -> Type
+0 Equality' : (s,a : k) -> Type
 Equality' = Simple Equality
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for Equality
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Extract the two `Equal` values from an `Equality`.
 public export
 runEq : Equality s t a b -> (s = a, t = b)
 runEq l = (l {p = \x,_ => x = a} Refl,
            l {p = \_,y => y = b} Refl)
 
+||| Extract an `Equal` value from an `Equality`.
 public export
 runEq' : Equality s t a b -> s = a
 runEq' l = l {p = \x,_ => x = a} Refl
 
 
-public export
-substEq : forall p. Equality s t a b -> p a b a b -> p s t a b
-substEq {p} l = l {p = \x,y => p x y a b}
-
+||| `Equality` is a congruence.
 public export
 congEq : forall f,g. Equality s t a b -> Equality (f s) (g t) (f a) (g b)
 congEq l {p} = l {p = \x,y => p (f x) (g y)}
 
+||| Symmetry of an `Equality` optic.
 public export
 symEq : Equality s t a b -> Equality b a t s
 symEq l = case runEq l of (Refl, Refl) => id
 
-
 public export
-refl : Equality a b a b
-refl = id
+substEq : forall p. Equality s t a b -> p a b a b -> p s t a b
+substEq {p} l = l {p = \x,y => p x y a b}
 
+
+||| A trivial `Simple Equality`.
+||| Composing this optic with any other can force it to be a `Simple` optic.
 public export
 simple : Equality' a a
 simple = id
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Fold.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Fold.idr
index 2cdfcbc..e4d5261 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Fold.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Fold.idr
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ import Control.Lens.Traversal
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-- IsFold
+
 public export
 record IsFold p where
   constructor MkIsFold
@@ -26,15 +33,29 @@ foldToTraversal : IsFold p => IsTraversal p
 foldToTraversal @{MkIsFold _} = MkIsTraversal %search
 
 
+-- Fold
+
+||| A fold is a getter that accesses multiple focus elements.
+||| `Fold s a` is equivalent to `s -> List a`.
 public export
 0 Fold : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Fold s a = Optic IsFold s s a a
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for folds
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Derive a fold from a `Foldable` implementation.
 public export
 folded : Foldable f => Fold (f a) a
 folded @{_} @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander traverse_
 
+||| Construct a fold from an unfolding function.
+|||
+||| This function is not total, as it may result in an infinite amount
+||| of focuses.
 public export covering
 unfolded : (s -> Maybe (a, s)) -> Fold s a
 unfolded coalg @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander loop
@@ -42,13 +63,15 @@ unfolded coalg @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander loop
     loop : Applicative f => (a -> f a) -> s -> f ()
     loop f = maybe (pure ()) (uncurry $ \x,y => f x *> loop f y) . coalg
 
+||| Construct a fold from a function into a foldable container.
 public export
 folding : Foldable f => (s -> f a) -> Fold s a
 folding @{_} f @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . contramapFst f . wander traverse_
 
+||| Reverse the order of a fold's focuses.
 public export
-backwards : Fold s a -> Fold s a
-backwards l @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander func
+backwardsFold : Fold s a -> Fold s a
+backwardsFold l @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander func
   where
     traversing : Applicative f => Traversing (Forget (f ()))
     traversing =
@@ -60,83 +83,108 @@ backwards l @{MkIsFold _} = rphantom . wander func
       forwards . runForget (l $ MkForget (MkBackwards {f} . ignore . fn))
 
 
+||| Map each focus of an optic to a monoid value and combine them.
 public export
 foldMapOf : Monoid m => Fold s a -> (a -> m) -> s -> m
 foldMapOf l = runForget . l . MkForget
 
-public export
-foldMapByOf : Fold s a -> (m -> m -> m) -> m -> (a -> m) -> (s -> m)
-foldMapByOf l fork nil =
-  let _ = MkMonoid @{MkSemigroup fork} nil
-  in foldMapOf l
-
+||| Combine the focuses of an optic using the provided function, starting from
+||| the right.
 public export
 foldrOf : Fold s a -> (a -> acc -> acc) -> acc -> s -> acc
-foldrOf l = flip . foldMapByOf l (.) id
+foldrOf l = flip . foldMapOf @{MkMonoid @{MkSemigroup (.)} id} l
 
+||| Combine the focuses of an optic using the provided function, starting from
+||| the left.
 public export
 foldlOf : Fold s a -> (acc -> a -> acc) -> acc -> s -> acc
-foldlOf l = flip . foldMapByOf l (flip (.)) id . flip
+foldlOf l = flip . foldMapOf @{MkMonoid @{MkSemigroup $ flip (.)} id} l . flip
 
+||| Combine each focus value of an optic using a monoid structure.
 public export
 concatOf : Monoid m => Fold s m -> s -> m
 concatOf l = foldMapOf l id
 
+||| Evaluate each computation of an optic and discard the results.
 public export
 sequenceOf_ : Applicative f => Fold s (f a) -> s -> f ()
 sequenceOf_ l =
   let _ = MkMonoid @{MkSemigroup (*>)} (pure ())
   in foldMapOf l ignore
 
+||| Map each focus of an optic to a computation, evaluate those
+||| computations and discard the results.
 public export
 traverseOf_ : Applicative f => Fold s a -> (a -> f b) -> s -> f ()
 traverseOf_ l f =
   let _ = MkMonoid @{MkSemigroup (*>)} (pure ())
   in foldMapOf l (ignore . f)
 
+||| A version of `traverseOf_` with the arguments flipped.
 public export
 forOf_ : Applicative f => Fold s a -> s -> (a -> f b) -> f ()
 forOf_ = flip . traverseOf_
 
+||| The conjunction of an optic containing lazy boolean values.
 public export
 andOf : Fold s (Lazy Bool) -> s -> Bool
 andOf = force .: concatOf @{All}
 
+||| The disjunction of an optic containing lazy boolean values.
 public export
 orOf : Fold s (Lazy Bool) -> s -> Bool
 orOf = force .: concatOf @{Any}
 
+||| Return `True` if all focuses of the optic satisfy the predicate.
 public export
 allOf : Fold s a -> (a -> Bool) -> s -> Bool
 allOf = foldMapOf @{All}
 
+||| Return `True` if any focuses of the optic satisfy the predicate.
 public export
 anyOf : Fold s a -> (a -> Bool) -> s -> Bool
 anyOf = foldMapOf @{Any}
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Accessing folds
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Return `True` if the optic focuses on any values.
 public export
 has : Fold s a -> s -> Bool
 has l = anyOf l (const True)
 
+||| Return `True` if the optic does not focus on any values.
 public export
 hasn't : Fold s a -> s -> Bool
 hasn't l = allOf l (const False)
 
+
+||| Access the first focus value of an optic and apply a function to it,
+||| returning `Nothing` if there are no focuses.
 public export
 previews : Fold s a -> (a -> r) -> s -> Maybe r
 previews l f = foldMapOf @{MonoidAlternative} l (Just . f)
 
+||| Access the first focus value of an optic, returning `Nothing` if there are
+||| no focuses.
 public export
 preview : Fold s a -> s -> Maybe a
 preview l = foldMapOf @{MonoidAlternative} l Just
 
 infixl 8 ^?
 
+||| Access the first focus value of an optic, returning `Nothing` if there are
+||| no focuses.
+|||
+||| This is the operator form of `preview`.
 public export
 (^?) : s -> Fold s a -> Maybe a
 (^?) s l = preview l s
 
+
 public export
 toListOf : Fold s a -> s -> List a
 toListOf l = foldrOf l (::) []
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Getter.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Getter.idr
index 668d08c..3cc8f2f 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Getter.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Getter.idr
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Lens
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsGetter p where
   constructor MkIsGetter
@@ -19,26 +24,41 @@ getterToLens : IsGetter p => IsLens p
 getterToLens @{MkIsGetter _} = MkIsLens %search
 
 
+||| A getter is an optic that only supports getting, not setting.
+|||
+||| `Getter s a` is equivalent to a simple function `s -> a`.
 public export
 0 Getter : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Getter = Simple (Optic IsGetter)
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for getters
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct a getter from a function.
 public export
 to : (s -> a) -> Getter s a
 to f @{MkIsGetter _} = lmap f . rphantom
 
 
+||| Access the value of an optic and apply a function to it, returning the result.
 public export
 views : Getter s a -> (a -> r) -> (s -> r)
 views l = runForget . l . MkForget
 
+||| Access the focus value of an optic, particularly a `Getter`.
 public export
-view : Getter s a -> (s -> a)
+view : Getter s a -> s -> a
 view l = views l id
 
+
 infixl 8 ^.
 
+||| Access the focus value of an optic, particularly a `Getter`.
+|||
+||| This is the operator form of `view`.
 public export
 (^.) : s -> Getter s a -> a
 (^.) x l = view l x
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Iso.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Iso.idr
index 7cc1d42..d2b5873 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Iso.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Iso.idr
@@ -10,22 +10,39 @@ import Control.Lens.Equality
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsIso p where
   constructor MkIsIso
   runIsIso : Profunctor p
 
 
-
+||| An `Iso` is an isomorphism family between types. It allows a value to be
+||| converted or updated across this isomorphism.
 public export
 0 Iso : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Iso = Optic IsIso
 
+||| An `Iso'` is an isomorphism family between types. It allows a value to be
+||| converted or updated across this isomorphism.
+||| This is the `Simple` version of `Iso`.
 public export
 0 Iso' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Iso' = Simple Iso
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for isomorphisms
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-- Eliminators
+
+||| Extract the conversion functions from an `Iso`.
 public export
 getIso : Iso s t a b -> (s -> a, b -> t)
 getIso l = l @{MkIsIso coexp} (id, id)
@@ -33,109 +50,146 @@ getIso l = l @{MkIsIso coexp} (id, id)
     [coexp] Profunctor (\x,y => (x -> a, b -> y)) where
       dimap f g (f', g') = (f' . f, g . g')
 
+||| Extract the conversion functions from an `Iso`.
 public export
 withIso : Iso s t a b -> ((s -> a) -> (b -> t) -> r) -> r
 withIso l f = uncurry f (getIso l)
 
-public export
-under : Iso s t a b -> (t -> s) -> (b -> a)
-under l = let (f,g) = getIso l in (f .) . (. g)
 
 
+-- Constructors
+
+||| Construct an `Iso` from two inverse functions.
 public export
 iso : (s -> a) -> (b -> t) -> Iso s t a b
 iso f g @{MkIsIso _} = dimap f g
 
+||| Construct a simple `Iso` from an equivalence.
 public export
 fromEqv : s <=> a -> Iso' s a
 fromEqv (MkEquivalence l r) = iso l r
 
+||| Invert an isomorphism.
 public export
 from : Iso s t a b -> Iso b a t s
 from l @{MkIsIso _} = withIso l (flip dimap)
 
 
+-- `au`
 
+||| Based on Epigram's `ala`.
 public export
 au : Functor f => Iso s t a b -> ((b -> t) -> f s) -> f a
 au l f = withIso l $ \g,h => g <$> f h
 
+||| Based on Epigram's `ala'`.
 public export
 auf : (Functor f, Functor g) => Iso s t a b -> (f t -> g s) -> f b -> g a
 auf l f x = withIso l $ \g,h => g <$> f (h <$> x)
 
+||| An alias for `au . from`.
 public export
 xplat : Functor f => Iso s t a b -> ((s -> a) -> f b) -> f t
 xplat l f = withIso l $ \g,h => h <$> f g
 
+||| an alias for `auf . from`.
 public export
 xplatf : (Functor f, Functor g) => Iso s t a b -> (f a -> g b) -> f s -> g t
 xplatf l f x = withIso l $ \g,h => h <$> f (g <$> x)
 
 
--- Example Isos
+||| Update a value under an `Iso`, as opposed to `over` it.
+||| In other words, this is a convenient alias for `over . from`.
+public export
+under : Iso s t a b -> (t -> s) -> (b -> a)
+under l = let (f,g) = getIso l in (f .) . (. g)
 
+
+-- Examples of isomorphisms
+
+||| An "isomorphism" between a function and its result type, assuming that
+||| the parameter type is inhabited.
 public export
 constant : a -> Iso (a -> b) (a' -> b') b b'
 constant x = iso ($ x) const
 
+||| Construct an isomorphism given an involution.
 public export
 involuted : (a -> a) -> Iso' a a
 involuted f = iso f f
 
+||| Flipping a function's arguments forms an isomorphism.
 public export
 flipped : Iso (a -> b -> c) (a' -> b' -> c') (b -> a -> c) (b' -> a' -> c')
 flipped = iso flip flip
 
+||| Swapping a symmetric tensor product's parameters is an isomorphism.
 public export
 swapped : Symmetric f => Iso (f a b) (f a' b') (f b a) (f b' a')
 swapped = iso swap' swap'
 
+||| Casting between types forms an isomorphism.
+||| WARNING: This is only a true isomorphism if casts in both directions are
+||| lossless and mutually inverse.
 public export
 casted : (Cast s a, Cast b t) => Iso s t a b
 casted = iso cast cast
 
+||| The isomorphism `non x` converts between `Maybe a` and `a` sans the
+||| element `x`.
+|||
+||| This is useful for working with optics whose focus type is `Maybe a`,
+||| such as `at`.
 public export
 non : Eq a => a -> Iso' (Maybe a) a
 non x = iso (fromMaybe x) (\y => guard (x /= y) $> y)
 
+
 -- Mapping
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through a `Functor`.
 public export
 mapping : (Functor f, Functor g) => Iso s t a b -> Iso (f s) (g t) (f a) (g b)
 mapping l = withIso l $ \f,g => iso (map f) (map g)
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through a `Contravariant` functor.
 public export
 contramapping : (Contravariant f, Contravariant g) => Iso s t a b -> Iso (f a) (g b) (f s) (g t)
 contramapping l = withIso l $ \f,g => iso (contramap f) (contramap g)
 
+||| Lift isomorphisms through a `Bifunctor`.
 public export
 bimapping : (Bifunctor f, Bifunctor g) => Iso s t a b -> Iso s' t' a' b' ->
               Iso (f s s') (g t t') (f a a') (g b b')
 bimapping l r = withIso l $ \f,g => withIso r $ \f',g' =>
   iso (bimap f f') (bimap g g')
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through the first parameter of a `Bifunctor`.
 public export
 mappingFst : (Bifunctor f, Bifunctor g) => Iso s t a b ->
               Iso (f s x) (g t y) (f a x) (g b y)
 mappingFst l = withIso l $ \f,g => iso (mapFst f) (mapFst g)
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through the second parameter of a `Bifunctor`.
 public export
 mappingSnd : (Bifunctor f, Bifunctor g) => Iso s t a b ->
               Iso (f x s) (g y t) (f x a) (g y b)
 mappingSnd l = withIso l $ \f,g => iso (mapSnd f) (mapSnd g)
 
+||| Lift isomorphisms through a `Profunctor`.
 public export
 dimapping : (Profunctor f, Profunctor g) => Iso s t a b -> Iso s' t' a' b' ->
               Iso (f a s') (g b t') (f s a') (g t b')
 dimapping l r = withIso l $ \f,g => withIso r $ \f',g' =>
   iso (dimap f f') (dimap g g')
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through the first parameter of a `Profunctor`.
 public export
 lmapping : (Profunctor f, Profunctor g) => Iso s t a b ->
               Iso (f a x) (g b y) (f s x) (g t y)
 lmapping l = withIso l $ \f,g => iso (lmap f) (lmap g)
 
+||| Lift an isomorphism through the second parameter of a `Profunctor`.
 public export
 rmapping : (Profunctor f, Profunctor g) => Iso s t a b ->
               Iso (f x s) (g y t) (f x a) (g y b)
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Lens.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Lens.idr
index c461b7b..43ad30b 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Lens.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Lens.idr
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Iso
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsLens p where
   constructor MkIsLens
@@ -19,19 +24,45 @@ lensToIso : IsLens p => IsIso p
 lensToIso @{MkIsLens _} = MkIsIso %search
 
 
+||| A *lens* is a functional reference to a value within a larger data structure.
+||| Lenses allow one to access or modify the value that they reference, called
+||| the "focus" or "focus element".
+|||
+||| For example, the lens `fst_` from `Data.Tuple.Lens` focuses on the first
+||| element of a pair. It has the type:
+|||
+||| ```idris
+||| fst_ : Lens (a, c) (b, c) a b
+||| ```
+|||
+||| The types `s, t` correspond to the type of the outside data structure, and
+||| `a, b` correspond to the type of the focus element. Two of each type is
+||| provided to allow for operations that change the type of the focus.
 public export
 0 Lens : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Lens = Optic IsLens
 
+||| `Lens'` is the `Simple` version of `Lens`.
 public export
 0 Lens' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Lens' = Simple Lens
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for lenses
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct a lens given getter and setter functions.
+|||
+||| @ get The getter function
+||| @ set The setter function, where the first argument is the data structure
+||| to modify and the second argument is the new focus value
 public export
-lens : (s -> a) -> (s -> b -> t) -> Lens s t a b
+lens : (get : s -> a) -> (set : s -> b -> t) -> Lens s t a b
 lens get set @{MkIsLens _} = dimap (\x => (x, get x)) (uncurry set) . second
 
+||| Extract getter and setter functions from a lens.
 public export
 getLens : Lens s t a b -> (s -> a, s -> b -> t)
 getLens l = l @{MkIsLens strong} (id, const id)
@@ -43,21 +74,28 @@ getLens l = l @{MkIsLens strong} (id, const id)
       strongl (get, set) = (get . fst, \(a,c),b => (set a b, c))
       strongr (get, set) = (get . snd, \(c,a),b => (c, set a b))
 
+||| Extract getter and setter functions from a lens.
 public export
 withLens : Lens s t a b -> ((s -> a) -> (s -> b -> t) -> r) -> r
 withLens l f = uncurry f (getLens l)
 
 
+||| `Void` vacuously "contains" a value of any other type.
 public export
 devoid : Lens Void Void a b
 devoid @{MkIsLens _} = dimap absurd snd . first
 
+||| All values contain a unit.
 public export
 united : Lens' a ()
 united @{MkIsLens _} = dimap ((),) snd . first
 
 
 
+||| Optimize a composition of optics by fusing their uses of `dimap` into one.
+|||
+||| This function exploits the Yoneda lemma. `fusing (a . b)` is essentially
+||| equivalent to `a . b`, but the former will only call `dimap` once.
 public export
 fusing : IsIso p => Optic' (Yoneda p) s t a b -> Optic' p s t a b
 fusing @{MkIsIso _} l = proextract . l . propure
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Optional.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Optional.idr
index 79db1dd..f9d7265 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Optional.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Optional.idr
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import Control.Lens.Prism
 
 %default total
 
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsOptional p where
   constructor MkIsOptional
@@ -21,15 +27,24 @@ optionalToPrism : IsOptional p => IsPrism p
 optionalToPrism @{MkIsOptional _} = MkIsPrism %search
 
 
+||| An `Optional` is a lens that may or may not contain the focus value.
+||| As such, accesses will return a `Maybe` value.
 public export
 0 Optional : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Optional = Optic IsOptional
 
+||| `Optional'` is the `Simple` version of `Optional`.
 public export
 0 Optional' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Optional' = Simple Optional
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for Optionals
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct an optional from a projection and a setter function.
 public export
 optional : (s -> Either t a) -> (s -> b -> t) -> Optional s t a b
 optional prj set @{MkIsOptional _} = dimap @{fromStrong}
@@ -41,11 +56,25 @@ optional prj set @{MkIsOptional _} = dimap @{fromStrong}
     fromStrong : Strong p => Profunctor p
     fromStrong = %search
 
+||| Construct a simple optional from a projection and a setter function.
 public export
 optional' : (s -> Maybe a) -> (s -> b -> s) -> Optional s s a b
 optional' prj = optional (\x => maybe (Left x) Right (prj x))
 
+||| The trivial optic that has no focuses.
+public export
+ignored : Optional s s a b
+ignored @{MkIsOptional _} = dimap @{fromStrong}
+  (\x => (Left x, const x))
+  (\(e, f) => either id (the (b -> s) f) e)
+  . first . right
+  where
+    -- arbitrary choice of where to pull profunctor instance from
+    fromStrong : Strong p => Profunctor p
+    fromStrong = %search
 
+
+||| Extract projection and setter functions from an optional.
 public export
 getOptional : Optional s t a b -> (s -> Either t a, s -> b -> t)
 getOptional l = l @{MkIsOptional (strong,choice)} (Right, const id)
@@ -63,18 +92,7 @@ getOptional l = l @{MkIsOptional (strong,choice)} (Right, const id)
       strongr (prj, set) = (either (Left . Left) (either (Left . Right) Right . prj),
                             \e,b => mapSnd (`set` b) e)
 
+||| Extract projection and setter functions from an optional.
 public export
 withOptional : Optional s t a b -> ((s -> Either t a) -> (s -> b -> t) -> r) -> r
 withOptional l f = uncurry f (getOptional l)
-
-
-public export
-ignored : Optional s s a b
-ignored @{MkIsOptional _} = dimap @{fromStrong}
-  (\x => (Left x, const x))
-  (\(e, f) => either id (the (b -> s) f) e)
-  . first . right
-  where
-    -- arbitrary choice of where to pull profunctor instance from
-    fromStrong : Strong p => Profunctor p
-    fromStrong = %search
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/OptionalFold.idr b/src/Control/Lens/OptionalFold.idr
index 8dcb1a9..3e599c5 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/OptionalFold.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/OptionalFold.idr
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Getter
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsOptFold p where
   constructor MkIsOptFold
@@ -24,16 +29,29 @@ optFoldToGetter : IsOptFold p => IsGetter p
 optFoldToGetter @{MkIsOptFold _} = MkIsGetter %search
 
 
+||| An `OptionalFold` is a getter that may not return a focus value.
+||| `OptionalFold s a` is equivalent to `s -> Maybe a`.
 public export
 0 OptionalFold : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 OptionalFold = Simple (Optic IsOptFold)
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for OptionalFolds
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct an `OptionalFold` from a function.
 public export
 folding : (s -> Maybe a) -> OptionalFold s a
 folding f @{MkIsOptFold _} =
   contrabimap (\x => maybe (Left x) Right (f x)) Left . right
 
+||| Construct an `OptionalFold` that can be used to filter the focuses
+||| of another optic.
+|||
+||| To be more specific, this optic passes the value through unchanged if it
+||| satisfies the predicate and returns no values if it does not.
 public export
 filtered : (a -> Bool) -> OptionalFold a a
 filtered p = folding (\x => if p x then Just x else Nothing)
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Prism.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Prism.idr
index dcedc21..040a1b3 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Prism.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Prism.idr
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Iso
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsPrism p where
   constructor MkIsPrism
@@ -17,24 +22,39 @@ prismToIso : IsPrism p => IsIso p
 prismToIso @{MkIsPrism _} = MkIsIso %search
 
 
+||| A prism is a first-class reference to one of the cases of a sum type.
+||| Prisms allow one to determine whether a value matches the focused case
+||| and extract the corresponding data if it does.
+|||
+||| More precisely, a `Prism` is an `Optional` that can be flipped to obtain
+||| a `Getter` in the opposite direction.
 public export
 0 Prism : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Prism = Optic IsPrism
 
+||| `Prism'` is the `Simple` version of `Prism`.
 public export
 0 Prism' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Prism' = Simple Prism
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for prisms
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct a prism from injection and projection functions.
 public export
 prism : (b -> t) -> (s -> Either t a) -> Prism s t a b
 prism inj prj @{MkIsPrism _} = dimap prj (either id inj) . right
 
+||| Construct a simple prism from injection and projection functions.
 public export
 prism' : (b -> s) -> (s -> Maybe a) -> Prism s s a b
 prism' inj prj = prism inj (\x => maybe (Left x) Right (prj x))
 
 
+||| Extract injection and projection functions from a prism.
 public export
 getPrism : Prism s t a b -> (b -> t, s -> Either t a)
 getPrism l = l @{MkIsPrism choice} (id, Right)
@@ -46,15 +66,18 @@ getPrism l = l @{MkIsPrism choice} (id, Right)
       strongl (inj, prj) = (Left . inj, either (either (Left . Left) Right . prj) (Left . Right))
       strongr (inj, prj) = (Right . inj, either (Left . Left) (either (Left . Right) Right . prj))
 
+||| Extract injection and projection functions from a prism.
 public export
 withPrism : Prism s t a b -> ((b -> t) -> (s -> Either t a) -> r) -> r
 withPrism l f = uncurry f (getPrism l)
 
 
+||| Construct a prism that uses a predicate to determine if a value matches.
 public export
 nearly : a -> (a -> Bool) -> Prism' a ()
 nearly x p = prism' (const x) (guard . p)
 
+||| Construct a prism that matches only one value.
 public export
 only : Eq a => a -> Prism' a ()
 only x = nearly x (x ==)
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Review.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Review.idr
index 0238f7c..4dafd3e 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Review.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Review.idr
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Getter
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsReview p where
   constructor MkIsReview
@@ -19,37 +24,59 @@ reviewToPrism : IsReview p => IsPrism p
 reviewToPrism @{MkIsReview _} = MkIsPrism %search
 
 
+||| A review is an optic whose only capability is being flipped into a `Getter`
+||| in the other direction.
+|||
+||| Any `Prism` or `Iso` can be used as a review.
 public export
 0 Review : (s,a : Type) -> Type
-Review s a = Optic IsReview s s a a
+Review = Simple (Optic IsReview)
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for Reviews
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 lphantom : (Bifunctor p, Profunctor p) => p b c -> p a c
 lphantom = mapFst absurd . lmap {a=Void} absurd
 
+||| Construct a review from an injection function.
+||| Analogous to `to` for getters.
 public export
 unto : (a -> s) -> Review s a
 unto f @{MkIsReview _} = lphantom . rmap f
 
+||| Flip a `Getter` to form a `Review`.
 public export
 un : Getter s a -> Review a s
 un = unto . view
 
 
+||| Turn an optic around to inject a focus value into the larger data structure
+||| after applying a function to it.
+||| This function takes a `Review`, which can also be a `Prism` or `Iso`.
 public export
 reviews : Review s a -> (e -> a) -> (e -> s)
 reviews l = runCoforget . l . MkCoforget
 
+||| Turn an optic around to inject a focus value into the larger data structure.
+||| This function takes a `Review`, which can also be a `Prism` or `Iso`.
 public export
 review : Review s a -> a -> s
 review l = reviews l id
 
 infixr 8 >.
 
+||| Turn an optic around to inject a focus value into the larger data structure.
+||| This function takes a `Review`, which can also be a `Prism` or `Iso`.
+|||
+||| This is the operator form of `review`.
 public export
 (>.) : a -> Review s a -> s
 (>.) x l = review l x
 
+||| Flip a `Prism`, `Iso` or `Review` to form a `Getter` in the other direction.
 public export
 re : Review s a -> Getter a s
 re = to . review
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Setter.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Setter.idr
index bbb0c42..7f5618f 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Setter.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Setter.idr
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Traversal
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsSetter p where
   constructor MkIsSetter
@@ -22,32 +27,50 @@ setterToTraversal : IsSetter p => IsTraversal p
 setterToTraversal @{MkIsSetter _} = MkIsTraversal %search
 
 
+||| A setter is an optic that only supports setting, not getting.
+|||
+||| More specifically, a setter can modify zero or more focus elements. This
+||| means that all traversals are setters.
+|||
+||| Setters can be thought of as a generalization of the `Functor` interface,
+||| allowing one to map over the contents of a structure.
 public export
 0 Setter : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Setter = Optic IsSetter
 
+||| `Setter'` is the `Simple` version of `Setter`.
 public export
 0 Setter' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Setter' = Simple Setter
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for setters
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Construct a setter from a modifying function.
 public export
 sets : ((a -> b) -> s -> t) -> Setter s t a b
 sets f @{MkIsSetter _} = roam f
 
+||| Derive a setter from a `Functor` implementation.
 public export
 mapped : Functor f => Setter (f a) (f b) a b
 mapped @{_} @{MkIsSetter _} = map'
 
+||| Derive a setter from a `Contravariant` implementation.
 public export
 contramapped : Contravariant f => Setter (f a) (f b) b a
 contramapped = sets contramap
 
 
+||| Modify the focus or focuses of an optic.
 public export
 over : Setter s t a b -> (a -> b) -> s -> t
 over l = l @{MkIsSetter Function}
 
+||| Set the focus or focuses of an optic to a constant value.
 public export
 set : Setter s t a b -> b -> s -> t
 set l = over l . const
diff --git a/src/Control/Lens/Traversal.idr b/src/Control/Lens/Traversal.idr
index 1c2b0dc..e11d9fb 100644
--- a/src/Control/Lens/Traversal.idr
+++ b/src/Control/Lens/Traversal.idr
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import Control.Lens.Optional
 %default total
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Type definitions
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 public export
 record IsTraversal p where
   constructor MkIsTraversal
@@ -21,19 +26,28 @@ traversalToOptional : IsTraversal p => IsOptional p
 traversalToOptional @{MkIsTraversal _} = MkIsOptional %search
 
 
+||| A traversal is a lens that may have more than one focus.
 public export
 0 Traversal : (s,t,a,b : Type) -> Type
 Traversal = Optic IsTraversal
 
+||| `Traversal'` is the `Simple` version of `Traversal`.
 public export
 0 Traversal' : (s,a : Type) -> Type
 Traversal' = Simple Traversal
 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Utilities for traversals
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+||| Derive a traversal from a `Traversable` implementation.
 public export
 traversed : Traversable t => Traversal (t a) (t b) a b
 traversed @{_} @{MkIsTraversal _} = traverse'
 
+||| Reverse the order of a traversal's focuses.
 public export
 backwards : Traversal s t a b -> Traversal s t a b
 backwards l @{MkIsTraversal _} = wander func
@@ -42,30 +56,42 @@ backwards l @{MkIsTraversal _} = wander func
     func fn = forwards . applyStar {f = Backwards f} (l $ MkStar (MkBackwards . fn))
 
 
+||| Map each focus of a traversal to a computation, evaluate those computations
+||| and combine the results.
 public export
 traverseOf : Applicative f => Traversal s t a b -> (a -> f b) -> s -> f t
 traverseOf l = applyStar . l . MkStar {f}
 
+||| A version of `traverseOf` but with the arguments flipped.
 public export
 forOf : Applicative f => Traversal s t a b -> s -> (a -> f b) -> f t
 forOf l = flip $ traverseOf l
 
+||| Evaluate each computation within the traversal and collect the results.
 public export
 sequenceOf : Applicative f => Traversal s t (f a) a -> s -> f t
 sequenceOf l = traverseOf l id
 
+||| Fold across the focuses of a traversal from the leftmost focus, providing a
+||| replacement value for each focus, and return the final accumulator along
+||| with the new structure.
 public export
 mapAccumLOf : Traversal s t a b -> (acc -> a -> (acc, b)) -> acc -> s -> (acc, t)
 mapAccumLOf l f z =
   let g = state . flip f
   in runState z . traverseOf l g
 
+||| Fold across the focuses of a traversal from the rightmost focus, providing a
+||| replacement value for each focus, and return the final accumulator along
+||| with the new structure.
 public export
 mapAccumROf : Traversal s t a b -> (acc -> a -> (acc, b)) -> acc -> s -> (acc, t)
 mapAccumROf l f z =
   let g = MkBackwards {f=State acc} . state . flip f
   in runState z . forwards . traverseOf l g
 
+||| Fold across the focuses of a traversal from the left, returning each
+||| intermediate value of the fold.
 public export
 scanl1Of : Traversal s t a a -> (a -> a -> a) -> s -> t
 scanl1Of l f =
@@ -74,6 +100,8 @@ scanl1Of l f =
       step (Just s) x = let r = f s x in (Just r, r)
   in snd . mapAccumLOf l step Nothing
 
+||| Fold across the focuses of a traversal from the right, returning each
+||| intermediate value of the fold.
 public export
 scanr1Of : Traversal s t a a -> (a -> a -> a) -> s -> t
 scanr1Of l f =