diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 13d1382..13cdaa6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "nettext"
 description = "A text-based data format for cryptographic network protocols"
 authors = ["Alex Auvolat <alex@adnab.me>"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "AGPL-3.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/crypto/ed25519.rs b/src/crypto/ed25519.rs
index ce477e4..f0ccd4f 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ed25519.rs
+++ b/src/crypto/ed25519.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::enc;
 
 pub use ed25519_dalek::{Keypair, PublicKey, SecretKey, Signature, Signer, Verifier};
 
+/// Generate a public/secret Ed25519 keypair
 pub fn generate_keypair() -> Keypair {
     let mut csprng = thread_rng();
     Keypair::generate(&mut csprng)
diff --git a/src/enc/mod.rs b/src/enc/mod.rs
index 4149d35..9a06f10 100644
--- a/src/enc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/enc/mod.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum T<'a> {
     List(Vec<T<'a>>),
 }
 
+/// The result type for trying to encode something as nettext
 pub type Result<'a> = std::result::Result<Term<'a>, Error>;
 
 // ---- helpers to transform datatypes into encoder terms ----
diff --git a/src/serde/de.rs b/src/serde/de.rs
index 1e75a5d..9cd581a 100644
--- a/src/serde/de.rs
+++ b/src/serde/de.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ use crate::dec::debug as fmtdebug;
 use crate::dec::*;
 use crate::serde::error::{Error, Result};
 
+/// Serde deserializer for nettext
 pub struct Deserializer<'de, 'a>(Term<'de, 'a>);
 
 impl<'de, 'a> Deserializer<'de, 'a> {
-    pub fn from_term(input: &'a Term<'de, 'a>) -> Deserializer<'de, 'a> {
+    fn from_term(input: &'a Term<'de, 'a>) -> Deserializer<'de, 'a> {
         if let Ok(nested) = input.nested() {
             Deserializer(nested)
         } else {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ impl<'de, 'a> Deserializer<'de, 'a> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Deserialize nettext from bytes
 pub fn from_bytes<'a, T>(s: &'a [u8]) -> Result<T>
 where
     T: Deserialize<'a>,
@@ -31,6 +33,15 @@ where
     T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)
 }
 
+/// Deserialize nettext from decoded term
+pub fn from_term<'a, T>(term: &'a Term<'a, 'a>) -> Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'a>,
+{
+    let mut deserializer = Deserializer::from_term(term);
+    T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)
+}
+
 // ----
 
 impl<'de, 'a> de::Deserializer<'de> for &'a mut Deserializer<'de, 'a> {
diff --git a/src/serde/error.rs b/src/serde/error.rs
index e10bacf..ba7fe9f 100644
--- a/src/serde/error.rs
+++ b/src/serde/error.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,25 @@ use serde::{de, ser};
 
 use crate::{dec, enc};
 
+/// Result of a serialization/deserialization operation
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
+/// Error representing a serialization/deserialization error
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
+    /// Custom error message
     Message(String),
+    /// Nettext encoding error
     Encode(enc::Error),
+    /// Nettext decoding error
     Decode(String),
+    /// Nettext interpretation error
     Type(dec::TypeError),
+    /// Cannot parse term as integer
     ParseInt(std::num::ParseIntError),
+    /// Cannot parse term as float
     ParseFloat(std::num::ParseFloatError),
+    /// Invalid utf8 byte string
     Utf8(std::string::FromUtf8Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/serde/mod.rs b/src/serde/mod.rs
index b5bcddf..fb15bf6 100644
--- a/src/serde/mod.rs
+++ b/src/serde/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+//! Serde serialization and deserialization for nettext
+
 mod de;
 mod error;
 mod ser;
 
-pub use de::{from_bytes, Deserializer};
+pub use de::{from_bytes, from_term, Deserializer};
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
 pub use ser::{to_bytes, to_term, Serializer};
 
diff --git a/src/serde/ser.rs b/src/serde/ser.rs
index e4c43d2..bf42203 100644
--- a/src/serde/ser.rs
+++ b/src/serde/ser.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use crate::enc::*;
 use crate::serde::error::{Error, Result};
 use serde::ser::Error as SerError;
 
+/// Serde serializer for nettext
 pub struct Serializer;
 
+/// Serialize value to nettext encoder term
 pub fn to_term<T>(value: &T) -> Result<Term<'static>>
 where
     T: Serialize,
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ where
     value.serialize(&mut Serializer)
 }
 
+/// Serialize value to nettext
 pub fn to_bytes<T>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
 where
     T: Serialize,