4 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/scribe.el b/lisp/textmodes/scribe.el
index 6954f5c6284..d664292c3d1 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/scribe.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/scribe.el
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 ;; It should be in a file named COPYING.  Among other things, the
 ;; copyright notice and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
 
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; A major mode for editing source in written for the Scribe text formatter.
+;; Knows about Scribe syntax and standard layout rules.  The command to
+;; run Scribe on a buffer is bogus; someone interested should fix it.
+
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defvar scribe-mode-syntax-table nil
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
index b6200ac0bc7..676edaf0519 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
+;; Major mode for editing the SGML document-markup language.
+;;
 ;; Some suggestions for your .emacs file:
 ;;
 ;; (autoload 'sgml-mode "sgml-mode" "SGML mode" t)
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/spell.el b/lisp/textmodes/spell.el
index 6e05a8c0fad..e1ed847ca79 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/spell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/spell.el
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
-;; Keywords: wp
+;; Keywords: wp, unix
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This mode orovides an Emacs interface to the UNIX spell(1) program.
+;; Entry points are `spell-buffer', `spell-word', `spell-region' and
+;; `spell-string'.  These facilities are documented in the Emacs user's
+;; manual.
+
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defvar spell-command "spell"
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
index 0f9229e80a3..b4b543f9a47 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/text-mode.el
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This package provides the fundamental text mode documented in the
+;; Emacs user's manual.
+
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defvar text-mode-syntax-table nil