diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/basic.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/basic.dart
index ab538b1feb..51759f7b42 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/basic.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/basic.dart
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ class BlockBody extends MultiChildRenderObjectWidget {
   }
 }
 
+/// A base class for widgets that accept [Positioned] children.
 abstract class StackRenderObjectWidgetBase extends MultiChildRenderObjectWidget {
   StackRenderObjectWidgetBase({
     List<Widget> children: _emptyWidgetList,
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/pageable_list.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/pageable_list.dart
index 1b6b2c2af9..ab88721202 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/pageable_list.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/pageable_list.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ enum ItemsSnapAlignment {
   adjacentItem
 }
 
+/// Scrollable widget that scrolls one "page" at a time.
+///
+/// In a pageable list, one child is visible at a time. Scrolling the list
+/// reveals either the next or previous child.
 class PageableList extends Scrollable {
   PageableList({
     Key key,
@@ -46,17 +50,34 @@ class PageableList extends Scrollable {
     snapOffsetCallback: snapOffsetCallback
   );
 
+  /// Whether the first item should be revealed after scrolling past the last item.
   final bool itemsWrap;
+
+  /// Controls whether a fling always reveals the adjacent item or whether flings can traverse many items.
   final ItemsSnapAlignment itemsSnapAlignment;
+
+  /// Called when the currently visible page changes.
   final ValueChanged<int> onPageChanged;
+
+  /// Used to paint the scrollbar for this list.
   final ScrollableListPainter scrollableListPainter;
+
+  /// The duration used when animating to a given page.
   final Duration duration;
+
+  /// The animation curve to use when animating to a given page.
   final Curve curve;
+
+  /// The list of pages themselves.
   final Iterable<Widget> children;
 
   PageableListState createState() => new PageableListState();
 }
 
+/// State for a [PageableList] widget.
+///
+/// Widgets that subclass [PageableList] can subclass this class to have
+/// sensible default behaviors for pageable lists.
 class PageableListState<T extends PageableList> extends ScrollableState<T> {
   int get _itemCount => config.children?.length ?? 0;
   int _previousItemCount;
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/placeholder.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/placeholder.dart
index 534cec220b..f9ca3104bd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/placeholder.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/placeholder.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class Placeholder extends StatefulComponent {
   PlaceholderState createState() => new PlaceholderState();
 }
 
+/// State for a [Placeholder] widget.
+///
+/// Useful for setting the child currently displayed by this placeholder widget.
 class PlaceholderState extends State<Placeholder> {
   /// The child that this widget builds.
   ///