diff --git a/src/html.rs b/src/html.rs
index f618ef5d..b491d7ca 100644
--- a/src/html.rs
+++ b/src/html.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+//! Utilities for converting HTML tables embedded in Markdown into
+//! Markdown table syntax.
+//!
+//! The conversion is intentionally simple: only `<table>`, `<tr>`,
+//! `<th>`, and `<td>` tags are recognised. Attributes and tag casing
+//! are ignored. The resulting Markdown lines are passed to
+//! `reflow_table` to ensure consistent column widths.
+
 use html5ever::driver::ParseOpts;
 use html5ever::{parse_document, tendril::TendrilSink};
 use markup5ever_rcdom::{Handle, NodeData, RcDom};
@@ -10,6 +18,8 @@ static TABLE_START_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
     LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"(?i)^<table(?:\s|>|$)").unwrap());
 static TABLE_END_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"(?i)</table>").unwrap());
 
+/// Extracts the text content of a DOM node, collapsing consecutive
+/// whitespace to single spaces.
 fn node_text(handle: &Handle) -> String {
     let mut out = String::new();
     let mut last_space = false;
@@ -17,6 +27,8 @@ fn node_text(handle: &Handle) -> String {
     out.trim().to_string()
 }
 
+/// Recursively appends text nodes from `handle` to `out`, tracking whether the
+/// previous output was whitespace.
 fn collect_text(handle: &Handle, out: &mut String, last_space: &mut bool) {
     match &handle.data {
         NodeData::Text { contents } => {
@@ -55,6 +67,7 @@ fn collect_text(handle: &Handle, out: &mut String, last_space: &mut bool) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Walks the DOM tree collecting `<table>` nodes under `handle`.
 fn collect_tables(handle: &Handle, tables: &mut Vec<Handle>) {
     if let NodeData::Element { name, .. } = &handle.data {
         if name.local.as_ref() == "table" {
@@ -66,6 +79,7 @@ fn collect_tables(handle: &Handle, tables: &mut Vec<Handle>) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Collects all `<tr>` nodes beneath `handle`.
 fn collect_rows(handle: &Handle, rows: &mut Vec<Handle>) {
     if let NodeData::Element { name, .. } = &handle.data {
         if name.local.as_ref() == "tr" {
@@ -77,6 +91,8 @@ fn collect_rows(handle: &Handle, rows: &mut Vec<Handle>) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Converts a `<table>` DOM node into Markdown table lines and calls
+/// `reflow_table` so the columns are uniformly padded.
 fn table_node_to_markdown(table: &Handle) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut row_handles = Vec::new();
     collect_rows(table, &mut row_handles);
@@ -111,6 +127,9 @@ fn table_node_to_markdown(table: &Handle) -> Vec<String> {
     crate::reflow_table(&out)
 }
 
+/// Parses HTML table markup and returns the equivalent Markdown lines.
+///
+/// If no `<table>` elements are present, the input is returned unchanged.
 fn table_lines_to_markdown(lines: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
     let indent: String = lines
         .first()
@@ -139,6 +158,8 @@ fn table_lines_to_markdown(lines: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
     out
 }
 
+/// Buffers a single line of HTML, updating nesting depth and emitting completed
+/// tables when an end tag is encountered.
 fn push_html_line(
     line: &str,
     buf: &mut Vec<String>,
@@ -158,6 +179,7 @@ fn push_html_line(
     }
 }
 
+/// Converts any HTML tables in `lines` to Markdown syntax.
 pub(crate) fn html_table_to_markdown(lines: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
@@ -187,6 +209,11 @@ pub(crate) fn html_table_to_markdown(lines: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
     out
 }
 
+/// Processes Markdown lines and converts embedded HTML tables to Markdown.
+///
+/// Fenced code blocks are left untouched, allowing raw HTML examples to be
+/// documented without modification.
+#[must_use]
 pub fn convert_html_tables(lines: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     let mut buf = Vec::new();