diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 68b6e6d9..7b09fcf6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ ignore = [
     "D213",  # incompatible with D212
     "D400",  # A stricter version of #415 that doesn't allow !
     # The checkers below should be turned on as they complain about missing docstrings.
-    "D104",
     "D105",
     "D107",
 ]
diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/__init__.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/__init__.py
index e69de29b..67e2757a 100644
--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""The OpenFlexure Microscope Server Package.
+
+The OpenFlexure Microscope Server is a LabThings-FastAPI server. All hardware
+interfaces, and almost all functionality exposed over HTTP is done using ``Things``.
+
+On the microscope the server is started by systemd. It can be controlled using commands
+such as ``ofm restart``, ``ofm start``, and ``ofm stop``.
+
+The server can also be run in simulation mode from the terminal. In the root directory
+of the repository the server can be started with run:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    openflexure-microscope-server --fallback -c ./ofm_config_simulation.json
+
+
+"""
diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/server/__init__.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/server/__init__.py
index 9959978f..dc864e11 100644
--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/server/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/server/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""A package responsible for, setup, booting, and shutting down the server."""
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Optional, Callable
diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/__init__.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/__init__.py
index e69de29b..35b09029 100644
--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""A package for all of the core LabThings-FastAPI Things shipped with the microscope.
+
+The microscope can be extended to be used with other hardware by creating a package
+with other Things and including them in the LabThings-FastAPI config file.
+"""
diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stage/__init__.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stage/__init__.py
index ab753dce..fb58cb65 100644
--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stage/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/stage/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+"""A package for stage control Things.
+
+`BaseStage` is the base class that provides core stage functionality, but
+no hardware interface control. To create a stage Thing to control a specific
+piece of hardware the BaseStage should be subclassed, and any method raising
+a NotImplementedError should be created.
+
+As the object will be used as a context manager create the hardware connection in
+``__enter__`` (not in ``__init__``), and close the connection with ``__exit__``.
+"""
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 from collections.abc import Sequence, Mapping
 
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index e69de29b..b58ffa86 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""The unit-test suite for the OpenFlexure Microscope Server.
+
+This package contains all of the unit tests that can be run without specific
+hardware. See also the `hardware-specific-tests` directory and the
+`integration-tests` directory for more testing!.
+"""
diff --git a/tests/mock_things/__init__.py b/tests/mock_things/__init__.py
index e69de29b..78ba995c 100644
--- a/tests/mock_things/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/mock_things/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""A package of test module providing mock Things for testing.
+
+The mock things do not subclass the origninal things to minimise the inflation of
+test coverage.
+"""