diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a03dd4499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/blocks/blocks-docs.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+USING: compiler.cfg help.markup help.syntax ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.builder.blocks
+
+HELP: make-kill-block
+{ $description "Marks the current " { $link basic-block } " being processed as a kill block." } ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60c4052d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/builder/builder-docs.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+USING: compiler.tree help.markup help.syntax sequences words ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.builder
+
+HELP: emit-node
+{ $values { "node" node } }
+{ $description "Emits some kind of code for the node." } ;
+
+HELP: trivial-branch?
+{ $values
+  { "nodes" "a " { $link sequence } " of " { $link node } " instances" }
+  { "value" "the pushed value or " { $link f } }
+  { "?" "a boolean" }
+}
+{ $description "Checks whether nodes is a trivial branch or not. The branch is counted as trivial if all it does is push a literal value on the stack." }
+{ $examples
+  { $example
+    "USING: compiler.cfg.builder prettyprint ;"
+    "{ T{ #push { literal 25 } } } trivial-branch? . ."
+    "t\n25"
+  }
+} ;
+
+HELP: build-cfg
+{ $values { "nodes" sequence } { "word" word } { "procedures" sequence } }
+{ $description "Builds one or more cfgs from the given word." } ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions-doc.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions-doc.factor
index d3531537fd..04b3cc6a12 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions-doc.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions-doc.factor
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ HELP: vreg-insn
   "Base class for instructions that uses vregs."
 } ;
 
+HELP: flushable-insn
+{ $class-description
+  "Instructions which do not have side effects; used for dead code elimination." } ;
+
+HELP: foldable-insn
+{ $class-description
+  "Instructions which are referentially transparent; used for value numbering." } ;
+
 HELP: ##inc-d
 { $class-description
   "An instruction that increases or decreases the data stacks size by n. For example, " { $link 2drop } " decreases it by two and pushing an item increases it by one."
@@ -90,3 +98,9 @@ HELP: ##return
 
 HELP: ##no-tco
 { $class-description "A dummy instruction that simply inhibits TCO." } ;
+
+HELP: ##copy
+{ $class-description "Instruction that copies a value from one register to another." } ;
+
+HELP: ##compare-integer
+{ $class-description "This instruction is emitted for integer comparisons." } ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions.factor
index 2f1b2eaf6e..62018e436f 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/instructions/instructions.factor
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ TUPLE: insn ;
 
 TUPLE: vreg-insn < insn ;
 
-! Instructions which do not have side effects; used for
-! dead code elimination
 TUPLE: flushable-insn < vreg-insn ;
 
-! Instructions which are referentially transparent; used for
-! value numbering
 TUPLE: foldable-insn < flushable-insn ;
 
 ! Constants
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/rpo/rpo-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/rpo/rpo-docs.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73e3c8eee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/rpo/rpo-docs.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+USING: compiler.cfg help.markup help.syntax quotations sequences ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.rpo
+
+HELP: number-blocks
+{ $values { "blocks" sequence } }
+{ $description "Initializes the " { $slot "number" } " slot of each " { $link basic-block } "." }
+{ $examples
+  { $example
+    "USING: compiler.cfg compiler.cfg.rpo prettyprint ;"
+    "10 [ <basic-block> ] replicate dup number-blocks [ number>> ] map ."
+    "{ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 }"
+  }
+} ;
+
+HELP: post-order
+{ $values { "cfg" cfg } { "blocks" sequence } }
+{ $description "Lists the blocks in the cfg sorted in descending order on the " { $slot "number" } " slot. The blocks are first numbered if they haven't already been." } ;
+
+HELP: each-basic-block
+{ $values { "cfg" cfg } { "quot" quotation } }
+{ $description "Applies a quotation to each basic block in the cfg." } ;
+
+HELP: optimize-basic-block
+{ $values { "bb" basic-block } { "quot" quotation } }
+{ $description "Performs one " { $link simple-optimization } " step. The quotation takes the instructions of the basic block and returns them back in an optimized form." } ;