diff --git a/riakcached/pools.py b/riakcached/pools.py
index fd21b27..91ef9f4 100644
--- a/riakcached/pools.py
+++ b/riakcached/pools.py
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@ from riakcached import exceptions
 
 
 class Pool(object):
-    """
+    """A Riak HTTP request connection pool base class
+
+    This is the base class that should be used for any custom connection
+    pool to be used by any of the :class:`riakcached.clients.RiakClient`
     """
     __slots__ = ["timeout", "url"]
 
     def __init__(self, base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8098", timeout=2, auto_connect=True):
-        """
+        """Constructs a new :class:`riakcached.pools.Pool`
+
+        :param base_url: the base url that the client should use for requests
+        :type base_url: str
+        :param timeout: the connection timeout to use
+        :type timeout: int
+        :param auto_connect: whether or not to call :func:`connect` on __init__
+        :type auto_connect: bool
         """
         self.url = base_url
         self.timeout = timeout
@@ -17,39 +27,63 @@ class Pool(object):
             self.connect()
 
     def connect(self):
-        """
+        """Create the connection pool
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("You must not use %s directly" % self.__class__.__name__)
 
     def close(self):
-        """
+        """Closes the connection pool if it is opened
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("You must not use %s directly" % self.__class__.__name__)
 
     def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None):
-        """
+        """Makes a single HTTP request
+
+        :param method: the HTTP method to make the requets with
+        :type method: str
+        :param url: the full url for the request
+        :type url: str
+        :param body: the data to POST or PUT with the request
+        :type body: str
+        :param headers: extra headers to add to the request
+        :type headers: dict
+        :returns: tuple - status, data, headers
+        :raises: :class:`riakcached.exceptions.RiakcachedTimeout`
+        :raises: :class:`riakcached.exceptions.RiakcachedConnectionError`
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("You must not use %s directly" % self.__class__.__name__)
 
 
 class Urllib3Pool(Pool):
-    """
+    """A subclass of :class:`riakcached.pools.Pool` which uses `urllib3` for requests
     """
     __slots__ = ["pool"]
 
     def connect(self):
-        """
+        """Create the connection pool
         """
         self.pool = urllib3.connection_from_url(self.url)
 
     def close(self):
-        """
+        """Closes the connection pool if it is opened
         """
         if self.pool:
             self.pool.close()
 
     def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None):
-        """
+        """Makes a single HTTP request
+
+        :param method: the HTTP method to make the requets with
+        :type method: str
+        :param url: the full url for the request
+        :type url: str
+        :param body: the data to POST or PUT with the request
+        :type body: str
+        :param headers: extra headers to add to the request
+        :type headers: dict
+        :returns: tuple - status, data, headers
+        :raises: :class:`riakcached.exceptions.RiakcachedTimeout`
+        :raises: :class:`riakcached.exceptions.RiakcachedConnectionError`
         """
         try:
             response = self.pool.urlopen(