@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module containing module parser implementation able to properly read and write
-configuration files."""
+"""Parser for reading and writing configuration files."""
 
 import abc
 import configparser as cp
 
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module containing all exceptions thrown throughout the git package."""
+"""Exceptions thrown throughout the git package."""
 
 __all__ = [
     # Defined in gitdb.exc:
 
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
+"""Module containing IndexFile, an Index implementation facilitating all kinds of index
+manipulations such as querying and merging."""
+
 from contextlib import ExitStack
 import datetime
 import glob
 
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-# Standalone functions to accompany the index implementation and make it more versatile.
-# NOTE: Autodoc hates it if this is a docstring.
+"""Standalone functions to accompany the index implementation and make it more versatile."""
 
 from io import BytesIO
 import os
 
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module with additional types used by the index."""
+"""Additional types used by the index."""
 
 from binascii import b2a_hex
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module containing index utilities."""
+"""Index utilities."""
 
 from functools import wraps
 import os
 
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module with functions which are supposed to be as fast as possible."""
+"""Functions that are supposed to be as fast as possible."""
 
 from stat import S_ISDIR
 
 
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module containing all Object-based types."""
+"""Object-based types."""
 
 from . import base
 from .util import get_object_type_by_name, parse_actor_and_date
 
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
-"""Module for general utility functions."""
+"""General utility functions."""
 
 # flake8: noqa F401
 
 
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
+"""Some ref-based objects.
+
+Note the distinction between the :class:`HEAD` and :class:`Head` classes.
+"""
+
 from git.config import GitConfigParser, SectionConstraint
 from git.util import join_path
 from git.exc import GitCommandError