diff --git a/lib/oga/xml/querying.rb b/lib/oga/xml/querying.rb
index 43a4d31..d834d61 100644
--- a/lib/oga/xml/querying.rb
+++ b/lib/oga/xml/querying.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,32 @@ module Oga
       ##
       # Evaluates the given XPath expression.
       #
+      # Querying a document:
+      #
+      #     document = Oga.parse_xml <<-EOF
+      #     <people>
+      #       <person age="25">Alice</person>
+      #     </people>
+      #     EOF
+      #
+      #     document.xpath('people/person')
+      #
+      # Querying an element:
+      #
+      #     element = document.at_xpath('people')
+      #
+      #     element.xpath('person')
+      #
+      # Using variable bindings:
+      #
+      #     document.xpath('people/person[@age = $age]', 'age' => 25)
+      #
       # @param [String] expression The XPath expression to run.
-      # @param [Hash] variables Variables to bind.
+      #
+      # @param [Hash] variables Variables to bind. The keys of this Hash should
+      #  be String values.
+      #
+      # @return [Oga::XML::NodeSet]
       #
       def xpath(expression, variables = {})
         ast   = XPath::Parser.parse_with_cache(expression)
@@ -19,10 +43,22 @@ module Oga
       end
 
       ##
-      # Evaluates the given XPath expression and returns the first node in the
-      # set.
+      # Evaluates the XPath expression and returns the first matched node.
+      #
+      # Querying a document:
+      #
+      #     document = Oga.parse_xml <<-EOF
+      #     <people>
+      #       <person age="25">Alice</person>
+      #     </people>
+      #     EOF
+      #
+      #     person = document.at_xpath('people/person')
+      #
+      #     person.class # => Oga::XML::Element
       #
       # @see [#xpath]
+      # @return [Oga::XML::Node|Oga::XML::Attribute]
       #
       def at_xpath(*args)
         result = xpath(*args)
@@ -33,7 +69,18 @@ module Oga
       ##
       # Evaluates the given CSS expression.
       #
+      # Querying a document:
+      #
+      #     document = Oga.parse_xml <<-EOF
+      #     <people>
+      #       <person age="25">Alice</person>
+      #     </people>
+      #     EOF
+      #
+      #     document.css('people person')
+      #
       # @param [String] expression The CSS expression to run.
+      # @return [Oga::XML::NodeSet]
       #
       def css(expression)
         ast   = CSS::Parser.parse_with_cache(expression)
@@ -43,10 +90,10 @@ module Oga
       end
 
       ##
-      # Evaluates the given CSS expression and returns the first node in the
-      # set.
+      # Evaluates the CSS expression and returns the first matched node.
       #
       # @see [#css]
+      # @return [Oga::XML::Node|Oga::XML::Attribute]
       #
       def at_css(*args)
         result = css(*args)