diff --git a/includes/pager.inc b/includes/pager.inc
index 8d51439..f7927fe 100644
--- a/includes/pager.inc
+++ b/includes/pager.inc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function pager_get_querystring() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Format a query pager.
+ * Returns HTML for a query pager.
  *
  * Menu callbacks that display paged query results should call theme('pager') to
  * retrieve a pager control so that users can view other results.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function theme_pager($tags = array(), $limit = 10, $element = 0, $parameters = a
  */
 
 /**
- * Format a "first page" link.
+ * Return HTML for a "first page" link.
  *
  * @param $text
  *   The name (or image) of the link.
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function theme_pager_first($text, $limit, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Format a "previous page" link.
+ * Return HTML for a "previous page" link.
  *
  * @param $text
  *   The name (or image) of the link.
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function theme_pager_previous($text, $limit, $element = 0, $interval = 1, $param
 }
 
 /**
- * Format a "next page" link.
+ * Return HTML for a "next page" link.
  *
  * @param $text
  *   The name (or image) of the link.
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ function theme_pager_next($text, $limit, $element = 0, $interval = 1, $parameter
 }
 
 /**
- * Format a "last page" link.
+ * Return HTML for a "last page" link.
  *
  * @param $text
  *   The name (or image) of the link.
@@ -357,8 +357,13 @@ function theme_pager_last($text, $limit, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
 
 
 /**
- * Format a link to a specific query result page.
+ * Return HTML for a link to a specific query result page.
  *
+ * @param $text
+ *   The link text. Also used to figure out the title attribute of the link,
+ *   if it is not provided in $attributes['title']; in this case, $text must
+ *   be one of the standard pager link text strings that would be generated by
+ *   the pager theme functions, such as a number or t('« first').
  * @param $page_new
  *   The first result to display on the linked page.
  * @param $element
@@ -366,7 +371,7 @@ function theme_pager_last($text, $limit, $element = 0, $parameters = array()) {
  * @param $parameters
  *   An associative array of query string parameters to append to the pager link.
  * @param $attributes
- *   An associative array of HTML attributes to apply to a pager anchor tag.
+ *   An associative array of HTML attributes to apply to the pager link.
  * @return
  *   An HTML string that generates the link.
  *