diff --git a/base/libgit2/blob.jl b/base/libgit2/blob.jl
index 0676deceddd85..6b706ecd64ff0 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/blob.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/blob.jl
@@ -4,15 +4,28 @@ function Base.length(blob::GitBlob)
     return ccall((:git_blob_rawsize, :libgit2), Int64, (Ptr{Void},), blob.ptr)
 end
 
+"""
+    rawcontent(blob::GitBlob) -> Vector{UInt8}
+
+Fetch the *raw* contents of the [`GitBlob`](@ref) `blob`. This is an
+`Array` containing the contents of the blob, which may be binary or may be Unicode.
+If you write to this `Array` the blob on disk will not be updated.
+`rawcontent` will allow the user to load the raw binary data into
+the output `Array` and will not check to ensure it is valid Unicode, so errors
+may occur if the result is passed to functions which expect valid Unicode data.
+
+See also [`content`](@ref), which *will* throw an error if the content of the `blob`
+is binary and not valid Unicode.
+"""
 function rawcontent(blob::GitBlob)
     ptr = ccall((:git_blob_rawcontent, :libgit2), Ptr{UInt8}, (Ptr{Void},), blob.ptr)
     copy(unsafe_wrap(Array, ptr, (length(blob),), false))
 end
 
 """
-    content(blob::GitBlob)
+    content(blob::GitBlob) -> String
 
-Fetch the contents of the `GitBlob` `blob`. If the `blob` contains
+Fetch the contents of the [`GitBlob`](@ref) `blob`. If the `blob` contains
 binary data (which can be determined using [`isbinary`](@ref)),
 throw an error. Otherwise, return a `String` containing the contents
 of the `blob`.
@@ -24,6 +37,8 @@ function content(blob::GitBlob)
 end
 
 """
+    isbinary(blob::GitBlob) -> Bool
+
 Use a heuristic to guess if a file is binary: searching for NULL bytes and
 looking for a reasonable ratio of printable to non-printable characters among
 the first 8000 bytes.
@@ -37,7 +52,7 @@ end
     LibGit2.addblob!(repo::GitRepo, path::AbstractString)
 
 Reads the file at `path` and adds it to the object database of `repo` as a loose blob.
-Returns the `GitHash` of the resulting blob.
+Returns the [`GitHash`](@ref) of the resulting blob.
 
 # Example