diff --git a/contrib/benchmark.py b/contrib/benchmark.py
index 145654e..6de19e1 100644
--- a/contrib/benchmark.py
+++ b/contrib/benchmark.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+"""Simple Benchmarking script.
+
+Usage and example:
+
+$ python contrib/benchmark.py World4/
+Rendering 50 chunks...
+Took 20.290062 seconds or 0.405801 seconds per chunk, or 2.464261 chunks per second
+"""
+
+
 import chunk
 import world
 import tempfile
@@ -8,12 +18,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import shutil
 
-# Simple Benchmarking script.  Usage and example:
-
-#  $ python contrib/benchmark.py World4/
-#  Rendering 50 chunks...
-#  Took 20.290062 seconds or 0.405801 seconds per chunk, or 2.464261 chunks per second
-
 
 # create a new, empty, cache dir
 cachedir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="benchmark_cache", dir=".")
diff --git a/contrib/blockcounter.py b/contrib/blockcounter.py
index b3603d3..6d69d55 100644
--- a/contrib/blockcounter.py
+++ b/contrib/blockcounter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+"""Produces block counts
+
+"""
+
 import world, chunk
 
 import sys
diff --git a/contrib/clearOldCache.py b/contrib/clearOldCache.py
index 01b604d..45f8b0a 100644
--- a/contrib/clearOldCache.py
+++ b/contrib/clearOldCache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+"""Deletes files from the old chunk-based cache"""
+
+
 usage = "python contrib/%prog [OPTIONS] <World # / Name / Path to World>"
 
 description = """
diff --git a/contrib/findSigns.py b/contrib/findSigns.py
index 3213b35..a344c71 100644
--- a/contrib/findSigns.py
+++ b/contrib/findSigns.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 '''
+Updates overviewer.dat file sign info
+
 This script will scan through every chunk looking for signs and write out an
 updated overviewer.dat file.  This can be useful if your overviewer.dat file
 is either out-of-date or non-existant.  
diff --git a/contrib/playerInspect.py b/contrib/playerInspect.py
index c520788..d20d2ac 100644
--- a/contrib/playerInspect.py
+++ b/contrib/playerInspect.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import sys
 
+"""
+Very basic player.dat inspection script
+"""
+
 sys.path.append(".")
 
 from overviewer_core.nbt import load
diff --git a/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py b/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
index eb93871..ff7b02a 100644
--- a/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
+++ b/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 '''
+Generate a region list to rerender certain chunks
+
 This is used to force the regeneration of any chunks that contain a certain
 blockID.  The output is a chunklist file that is suitable to use with the
 --chunklist option to overviewer.py.
diff --git a/contrib/testRender.py b/contrib/testRender.py
index c4de264..4fa9e7e 100644
--- a/contrib/testRender.py
+++ b/contrib/testRender.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+"Test Render Script"
+
 import os, shutil, tempfile, time, sys, math, re
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT, CalledProcessError
 from optparse import OptionParser
diff --git a/contrib/validateRegionFile.py b/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
index 7dd2763..b9276f3 100644
--- a/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
+++ b/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+'''
+Validate a region file
+
+TODO description here'''
+
 import os.path
 import sys
 overviewer_dir = os.path.split(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0])[0]