diff --git a/src/item/HitResult.js b/src/item/HitResult.js
index b7904628..3d75cf33 100644
--- a/src/item/HitResult.js
+++ b/src/item/HitResult.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 /**
  * @name HitResult
  *
- * @class
+ * @class A HitResult object contains information about the results of a hit
+ * test.
  *
  * @extends CurveLocation
  */
@@ -34,6 +35,61 @@ HitResult = Base.extend(/** @lends HitResult# */{
 		}
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Describes the type of the hit result. For example, if you hit a segment
+	 * point, the type would be 'segment'.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#type
+	 * @type String('segment', 'handle-in', 'handle-out', 'stroke', 'fill',
+	 * 'bounds', 'center')
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * If the HitResult has a {@link HitResult#type} of 'bounds', this property
+	 * describes which corner of the bounding rectangle was hit.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#name
+	 * @type String('top-left', 'top-right', 'bottom-left', 'bottom-right',
+	 * 'left-center', 'top-center', 'right-center', 'bottom-center')
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * The item that was hit.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#item
+	 * @type Item
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * If the HitResult has a type of 'stroke', this property gives more
+	 * information about the exact position that was hit on the path.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#location
+	 * @type CurveLocation
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * If the HitResult has a type of 'stroke', 'segment', 'handle-in' or
+	 * 'handle-out', this property refers to the Segment that was hit or that
+	 * is closest to the hitResult.location on the curve.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#segment
+	 * @type Segment
+	 */
+
+	/**
+	 * The hit point.
+	 *
+	 * @property
+	 * @name HitResult#point
+	 * @type Point
+	 */
+
 	statics: {
 		/**
 		 * Merges default options into options hash for #hitTest() calls, and
diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index 938bc79a..c8ec2c2f 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -682,6 +682,43 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(/** @lends Item# */{
 		return raster;
 	},
 
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Perform a hit test on the item (and its children, if it is a
+	 * {@link Group} or {@link Layer}) at the location of the specified point.
+	 * 
+	 * The optional options object allows you to control the specifics of the
+	 * hit test and may contain a combination of the following values:
+	 * <b>tolerance:</b> {@code Number} - The tolerance of the hit test in
+	 * points.
+	 * <b>type:</b> Only hit test again a certain item
+	 * type: {@link PathItem}, {@link Raster}, {@link TextItem}, etc.
+	 * <b>fill:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the fill of items.
+	 * <b>stroke:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the curves of path items,
+	 * taking into account stroke width.
+	 * <b>segment:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test for {@link Segment#point} of
+	 * {@link Path} items.
+	 * <b>handles:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test for the handles
+	 * ({@link Segment#handleIn} / {@link Segment#handleOut}) of path segments.
+	 * <b>ends:</b> {@code Boolean} - Only hit test for the first or last
+	 * segment points of open path items.
+	 * <b>bounds:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the corners and side-centers
+	 * of the bounding rectangle of items ({@link Item#bounds}).
+	 * <b>center:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the {@link Rectangle#center}
+	 * of the bounding rectangle of items ({@link Item#bounds}).
+	 * <b>guide:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test items that have
+	 * {@link Item#guide} set to {@code true}.
+	 * <b>selected:</b> {@code Boolean} - Only hit selected items.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Point} point The point where the hit test should be performed
+	 * @param {Object} [options={ fill: true, stroke: true, segments: true,
+	 * tolerance: 2 }]
+	 * @param {Matrix} [matrix]
+	 * @return {HitResult|null} A hit result object that contains more
+	 * information about what exactly was hit or {@code null} if nothing was
+	 * hit.
+	 */
 	hitTest: function(point, options, matrix) {
 		options = HitResult.getOptions(point, options);
 		point = options.point;
diff --git a/src/project/Project.js b/src/project/Project.js
index 53764300..f432a873 100644
--- a/src/project/Project.js
+++ b/src/project/Project.js
@@ -181,6 +181,40 @@ var Project = this.Project = Base.extend(/** @lends Project# */{
 			this._selectedItems[i].setSelected(false);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Perform a hit test on the items contained within the project at the
+	 * location of the specified point.
+	 * 
+	 * The optional options object allows you to control the specifics of the
+	 * hit test and may contain a combination of the following values:
+	 * <b>tolerance:</b> {@code Number} - The tolerance of the hit test in
+	 * points.
+	 * <b>type:</b> Only hit test again a certain item
+	 * type: {@link PathItem}, {@link Raster}, {@link TextItem}, etc.
+	 * <b>fill:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the fill of items.
+	 * <b>stroke:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the curves of path items,
+	 * taking into account stroke width.
+	 * <b>segment:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test for {@link Segment#point} of
+	 * {@link Path} items.
+	 * <b>handles:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test for the handles
+	 * ({@link Segment#handleIn} / {@link Segment#handleOut}) of path segments.
+	 * <b>ends:</b> {@code Boolean} - Only hit test for the first or last
+	 * segment points of open path items.
+	 * <b>bounds:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the corners and side-centers
+	 * of the bounding rectangle of items ({@link Item#bounds}).
+	 * <b>center:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test the {@link Rectangle#center}
+	 * of the bounding rectangle of items ({@link Item#bounds}).
+	 * <b>guide:</b> {@code Boolean} - Hit test items that have
+	 * {@link Item#guide} set to {@code true}.
+	 * <b>selected:</b> {@code Boolean} - Only hit selected items.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Point} point The point where the hit test should be performed
+	 * @param {Object} [options={ fill: true, stroke: true, segments: true,
+	 * tolerance: true }]
+	 * @return {HitResult|null} A hit result object that contains more
+	 * information about what exactly was hit or {@code null} if nothing was
+	 * hit.
+	 */
 	hitTest: function(point, options) {
 		options = HitResult.getOptions(point, options);
 		point = options.point;