diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/BlameLine.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/BlameLine.java
index 18d260b4b4132c7bf90a4134d99e900c7ced62e2..2e6d80a41b8195ac860110fd5943f19928d1e6da 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/BlameLine.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/BlameLine.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 /**
  * A line from a file with the associated 'git blame' information.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
 public class BlameLine {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Branch.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Branch.java
index f8bfa3433555a830c45b261c7f0dd6458d18a2a2..63b47981275c8e158335ec1b5f467317b9549d45 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Branch.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Branch.java
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
- *  A {@link Branch} is a named {@link Reference} to a git branch pointing to an {@link Commit}.
+ *  A {@link Branch} is a named {@link Reference} to a git branch pointing to a {@link Commit}.
  */
 public class Branch extends Reference {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(Branch.class.getCanonicalName());
 
     /**
-     * Constructs an object referencing an existing git branch.
+     * Constructs a new {@link Branch} referencing an existing git branch.
      *
      * @param repo the repo this branch is part of
      * @param name the branch name
diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Commit.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Commit.java
index 1dd75d7cc1d146a56d7acc5e6f84172a5c5fda3a..a19e4a27fdfcae593c16d5feec33b68cc00031d1 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Commit.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Commit.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class Commit extends Reference {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(Commit.class.getCanonicalName());
 
-    // since there is no porcelain format for this command, this regex is might depend on the git version
+    // Regexes for parsing the 'git cat-file -p' output for a commit object. These might depend on the git version.
     private static final Pattern TREE_INFO = Pattern.compile("tree (.{40})\\nparent (.{40})\\n");
     private static final Pattern AUTHOR_INFO = Pattern.compile("author (.*?)<(.*?)> (\\d+) ([+-]\\d{4})\\n");
     private static final Pattern COMMITTER_INFO = Pattern.compile("committer (.*?)<(.*?)> (\\d+) ([+-]\\d{4})\\n");
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ public class Commit extends Reference {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads the author information (author, author mail, author time) about this commit and saves it in the
-     * {@link Commit}.
+     * Initializes all uninitialized fields of this {@link Commit} from its 'git cat-file -p <id>' output.
      */
     private void getCommitInfo() {
         git.exec(repo.getDir(), "cat-file", "-p", id).ifPresent(execRes -> {
diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/DummyCommit.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/DummyCommit.java
index 5fc852d26151c7c057847c2a203bf33cabae9c2f..21e8638e66f767190cded2303d3fb1e77e9426d1 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/DummyCommit.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/DummyCommit.java
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package de.uni_passau.fim.seibt.gitwrapper.repo;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-public class DummyCommit extends Commit {
+/**
+ * Represents the dummy commit that is used by git to represent uncommitted changes. Every {@link Repository}
+ * constructs its {@link DummyCommit} in its constructor.
+ */
+final class DummyCommit extends Commit {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DummyCommit.class.getCanonicalName());
 
diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Reference.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Reference.java
index 55e6050bfaf1eed32fe86eacc506ea530f0f7f92..28ccd3786a6274060d9990f759ab2602caba0d4e 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Reference.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Reference.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * A git object referencing a tree-ish object.
+ *
  * @see Commit
  * @see Branch
  */
@@ -23,6 +24,14 @@ public abstract class Reference {
     protected final Repository repo;
     protected final GitWrapper git;
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@link Reference} belonging to the given {@code repo}.
+     *
+     * @param repo
+     *         the {@link Repository} this {@link Reference} belongs to
+     * @param id
+     *         the ID of the {@link Reference}
+     */
     protected Reference(Repository repo, String id) {
         this.id = id;
         this.repo = repo;
diff --git a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
index 04d8087b986c1fa35967a3fa4c4826f3f408f33c..155adfbc495d19208dfdd0996f0172a0b4d12be6 100644
--- a/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
+++ b/src/de/uni_passau/fim/seibt/gitwrapper/repo/Status.java
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+/**
+ * The status of a {@link Repository}.
+ *
+ * @see Repository#getStatus()
+ */
 public class Status {
+
     private static final Pattern STATUS_ENTRY = Pattern.compile("(.?.) (?:.*? )?(.*?)\0");
 
     /**