diff --git a/lib/hoe.rb b/lib/hoe.rb
index ec55dbc..45bc4e9 100644
--- a/lib/hoe.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe.rb
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ def validate_fields
     end
   end
 
-  def skip_intuit_values?
+  def skip_intuit_values? # :nodoc:
     %w[summary description homepage].all? { |field| send field }
   end
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ def with_config
     yield config, rc
   end
 
-  def maybe_load_yaml path
+  def maybe_load_yaml path # :nodoc:
     if File.exist? path then
       if YAML.respond_to? :safe_load_file then
         YAML.safe_load_file path, permitted_classes: [Regexp, Symbol]
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ def maybe_load_yaml path
   end
 end
 
-class File
+class File # :nodoc:
   # Like File::read, but strips out a BOM marker if it exists.
   def self.read_utf path
     r19 = "<3".respond_to? :encoding
diff --git a/lib/hoe/compiler.rb b/lib/hoe/compiler.rb
index 8736bb6..cb940b5 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/compiler.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ def activate_compiler_deps
     warn "Couldn't load rake-compiler. Skipping. Run `rake newb` to fix."
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Declare a compiler extension, expecting ext/NAME/extconf.rb to
+  # exist.
+
   def extension name
     @extensions ||= []
     @extensions << name
diff --git a/lib/hoe/debug.rb b/lib/hoe/debug.rb
index 7f36233..8a4fdbe 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/debug.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/debug.rb
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ def check_manifest
   end
 end
 
-class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification
-  alias old_ruby_code ruby_code
+class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification # :nodoc:
+  alias old_ruby_code ruby_code # :nodoc:
 
-  def ruby_code(obj)
+  def ruby_code(obj) # :nodoc:
     old_ruby_code obj
   rescue Gem::Exception => e
     case e.message
diff --git a/lib/hoe/gemcutter.rb b/lib/hoe/gemcutter.rb
index 851d11c..e00a8c3 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/gemcutter.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/gemcutter.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ module Hoe::Gemcutter
 
   Hoe::DEFAULT_CONFIG["otp_command"] = false
 
+  ##
+  # Push gems to server.
+
   def gem_push gems
     with_config do |config, _|
       otp_command = config["otp_command"]
diff --git a/lib/hoe/package.rb b/lib/hoe/package.rb
index 1f1461d..462b0a0 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/package.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/package.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   # rake/gempackagetask will go away some day
   warn "It has happened... rubygems/package_task is gone!"
   require "rake/gempackagetask"
-  Gem::PackageTask = Rake::GemPackageTask
+  Gem::PackageTask = Rake::GemPackageTask # :nodoc:
 end
 
 ##
diff --git a/lib/hoe/publish.rb b/lib/hoe/publish.rb
index c5f34a8..cc2fe4b 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/publish.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/publish.rb
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class ::Rake::SshDirPublisher # :nodoc:
   attr_reader :host, :remote_dir, :local_dir
 end
 
-class String
+class String # :nodoc:
   ##
   # Very basic munge from rdoc to markdown format.
 
diff --git a/lib/hoe/rake.rb b/lib/hoe/rake.rb
index 8cc5744..a5a0e1c 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/rake.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/rake.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rake
-  class Task
+  class Task # :nodoc:
     # Used to name the source of a given task
     attr_accessor :plugin
     # :stopdoc:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def clear_comments # :nodoc:
     end
   end
 
-  module TaskManager
+  module TaskManager # :nodoc:
     ##
     # This gives us access to the tasks already defined in rake.
     def all_tasks
diff --git a/lib/hoe/rdoc.rb b/lib/hoe/rdoc.rb
index 9d91310..6e9dac7 100644
--- a/lib/hoe/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/hoe/rdoc.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # RDoc plugin for hoe. Switches default text files to rdoc.
 
 module Hoe::Rdoc
-  def initialize_rdoc
+  def initialize_rdoc # :nodoc:
     self.readme_file = self.readme_file.sub(/\.txt$/, ".rdoc")
     self.history_file = self.history_file.sub(/\.txt$/, ".rdoc")
   end
 
-  def define_rdoc_tasks
+  def define_rdoc_tasks # :nodoc:
     # do nothing
   end
 end