diff --git a/core/coreunix/add.go b/core/coreunix/add.go
index b7841808d3f..c0c247a0e15 100644
--- a/core/coreunix/add.go
+++ b/core/coreunix/add.go
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ func (adder *Adder) add(reader io.Reader) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	}
 
 	if adder.Trickle {
-		return trickle.TrickleLayout(params.New(chnk))
+		return trickle.Layout(params.New(chnk))
 	}
 
-	return balanced.BalancedLayout(params.New(chnk))
+	return balanced.Layout(params.New(chnk))
 }
 
 // RootNode returns the root node of the Added.
diff --git a/importer/balanced/balanced_test.go b/importer/balanced/balanced_test.go
index 8a9cee75eae..c787cce1888 100644
--- a/importer/balanced/balanced_test.go
+++ b/importer/balanced/balanced_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func buildTestDag(ds ipld.DAGService, spl chunk.Splitter) (*dag.ProtoNode, error
 		Maxlinks: h.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
 	}
 
-	nd, err := BalancedLayout(dbp.New(spl))
+	nd, err := Layout(dbp.New(spl))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/importer/balanced/builder.go b/importer/balanced/builder.go
index 63d725a7354..c15c56c62de 100644
--- a/importer/balanced/builder.go
+++ b/importer/balanced/builder.go
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+// Package balanced provides methods to build balanced DAGs.
+// In a balanced DAG, nodes are added to a single root
+// until the maximum number of links is reached (with leaves
+// being at depth 0). Then, a new root is created, and points to the
+// old root, and incorporates a new child, which proceeds to be
+// filled up (link) to more leaves. In all cases, the Data (chunks)
+// is stored only at the leaves, with the rest of nodes only
+// storing links to their children.
+//
+// In a balanced DAG, nodes fill their link capacity before
+// creating new ones, thus depth only increases when the
+// current tree is completely full.
+//
+// Balanced DAGs are generalistic DAGs in which all leaves
+// are at the same distance from the root.
 package balanced
 
 import (
@@ -8,8 +23,11 @@ import (
 	ipld "gx/ipfs/Qme5bWv7wtjUNGsK2BNGVUFPKiuxWrsqrtvYwCLRw8YFES/go-ipld-format"
 )
 
-func BalancedLayout(db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (ipld.Node, error) {
-	var offset uint64 = 0
+// Layout builds a balanced DAG. Data is stored at the leaves
+// and depth only increases when the tree is full, that is, when
+// the root node has reached the maximum number of links.
+func Layout(db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (ipld.Node, error) {
+	var offset uint64
 	var root *h.UnixfsNode
 	for level := 0; !db.Done(); level++ {
 
diff --git a/importer/chunk/parse.go b/importer/chunk/parse.go
index f4cc5629080..7d511c21700 100644
--- a/importer/chunk/parse.go
+++ b/importer/chunk/parse.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// FromString returns a Splitter depending on the given string:
+// it supports "default" (""), "size-{size}", "rabin", "rabin-{blocksize}" and
+// "rabin-{min}-{avg}-{max}".
 func FromString(r io.Reader, chunker string) (Splitter, error) {
 	switch {
 	case chunker == "" || chunker == "default":
diff --git a/importer/chunk/rabin.go b/importer/chunk/rabin.go
index d2d71460d34..c3d1ebdba0a 100644
--- a/importer/chunk/rabin.go
+++ b/importer/chunk/rabin.go
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/whyrusleeping/chunker"
 )
 
+// IpfsRabinPoly is the irreducible polynomial of degree 53 used by for Rabin.
 var IpfsRabinPoly = chunker.Pol(17437180132763653)
 
+// Rabin implements the Splitter interface and splits content with Rabin
+// fingerprints.
 type Rabin struct {
 	r      *chunker.Chunker
 	reader io.Reader
 }
 
+// NewRabin creates a new Rabin splitter with the given
+// average block size.
 func NewRabin(r io.Reader, avgBlkSize uint64) *Rabin {
 	min := avgBlkSize / 3
 	max := avgBlkSize + (avgBlkSize / 2)
@@ -21,6 +26,8 @@ func NewRabin(r io.Reader, avgBlkSize uint64) *Rabin {
 	return NewRabinMinMax(r, min, avgBlkSize, max)
 }
 
+// NewRabinMinMax returns a new Rabin splitter which uses
+// the given min, average and max block sizes.
 func NewRabinMinMax(r io.Reader, min, avg, max uint64) *Rabin {
 	h := fnv.New32a()
 	ch := chunker.New(r, IpfsRabinPoly, h, avg, min, max)
@@ -31,6 +38,7 @@ func NewRabinMinMax(r io.Reader, min, avg, max uint64) *Rabin {
 	}
 }
 
+// NextBytes reads the next bytes from the reader and returns a slice.
 func (r *Rabin) NextBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	ch, err := r.r.Next()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -40,6 +48,7 @@ func (r *Rabin) NextBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	return ch.Data, nil
 }
 
+// Reader returns the io.Reader associated to this Splitter.
 func (r *Rabin) Reader() io.Reader {
 	return r.reader
 }
diff --git a/importer/chunk/rabin_test.go b/importer/chunk/rabin_test.go
index 1d5702e3834..2f68f01c440 100644
--- a/importer/chunk/rabin_test.go
+++ b/importer/chunk/rabin_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestRabinChunkReuse(t *testing.T) {
 	ch2 := chunkData(t, data)
 
 	var extra int
-	for k, _ := range ch2 {
+	for k := range ch2 {
 		_, ok := ch1[k]
 		if !ok {
 			extra++
diff --git a/importer/chunk/splitting.go b/importer/chunk/splitting.go
index ddd71e969ca..9586df85024 100644
--- a/importer/chunk/splitting.go
+++ b/importer/chunk/splitting.go
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-// package chunk implements streaming block splitters
+// Package chunk implements streaming block splitters.
+// Splitters read data from a reader and provide byte slices (chunks)
+// The size and contents of these slices depend on the splitting method
+// used.
 package chunk
 
 import (
@@ -10,25 +13,34 @@ import (
 
 var log = logging.Logger("chunk")
 
+// DefaultBlockSize is the chunk size that splitters produce (or aim to).
 var DefaultBlockSize int64 = 1024 * 256
 
+// A Splitter reads bytes from a Reader and creates "chunks" (byte slices)
+// that can be used to build DAG nodes.
 type Splitter interface {
 	Reader() io.Reader
 	NextBytes() ([]byte, error)
 }
 
+// SplitterGen is a splitter generator, given a reader.
 type SplitterGen func(r io.Reader) Splitter
 
+// DefaultSplitter returns a SizeSplitter with the DefaultBlockSize.
 func DefaultSplitter(r io.Reader) Splitter {
 	return NewSizeSplitter(r, DefaultBlockSize)
 }
 
+// SizeSplitterGen returns a SplitterGen function which will create
+// a splitter with the given size when called.
 func SizeSplitterGen(size int64) SplitterGen {
 	return func(r io.Reader) Splitter {
 		return NewSizeSplitter(r, size)
 	}
 }
 
+// Chan returns a channel that receives each of the chunks produced
+// by a splitter, along with another one for errors.
 func Chan(s Splitter) (<-chan []byte, <-chan error) {
 	out := make(chan []byte)
 	errs := make(chan error, 1)
@@ -56,6 +68,7 @@ type sizeSplitterv2 struct {
 	err  error
 }
 
+// NewSizeSplitter returns a new size-based Splitter with the given block size.
 func NewSizeSplitter(r io.Reader, size int64) Splitter {
 	return &sizeSplitterv2{
 		r:    r,
@@ -63,6 +76,7 @@ func NewSizeSplitter(r io.Reader, size int64) Splitter {
 	}
 }
 
+// NextBytes produces a new chunk.
 func (ss *sizeSplitterv2) NextBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	if ss.err != nil {
 		return nil, ss.err
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ func (ss *sizeSplitterv2) NextBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Reader returns the io.Reader associated to this Splitter.
 func (ss *sizeSplitterv2) Reader() io.Reader {
 	return ss.r
 }
diff --git a/importer/helpers/dagbuilder.go b/importer/helpers/dagbuilder.go
index 7d8375b0ad4..ad36bfcefd9 100644
--- a/importer/helpers/dagbuilder.go
+++ b/importer/helpers/dagbuilder.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type DagBuilderHelper struct {
 	prefix    *cid.Prefix
 }
 
+// DagBuilderParams wraps configuration options to create a DagBuilderHelper
+// from a chunk.Splitter.
 type DagBuilderParams struct {
 	// Maximum number of links per intermediate node
 	Maxlinks int
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ type DagBuilderParams struct {
 	NoCopy bool
 }
 
-// Generate a new DagBuilderHelper from the given params, which data source comes
-// from chunks object
+// New generates a new DagBuilderHelper from the given params and a given
+// chunk.Splitter as data source.
 func (dbp *DagBuilderParams) New(spl chunk.Splitter) *DagBuilderHelper {
 	db := &DagBuilderHelper{
 		dserv:     dbp.Dagserv,
@@ -94,16 +96,15 @@ func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Done() bool {
 
 // Next returns the next chunk of data to be inserted into the dag
 // if it returns nil, that signifies that the stream is at an end, and
-// that the current building operation should finish
+// that the current building operation should finish.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Next() ([]byte, error) {
 	db.prepareNext() // idempotent
 	d := db.nextData
 	db.nextData = nil // signal we've consumed it
 	if db.recvdErr != nil {
 		return nil, db.recvdErr
-	} else {
-		return d, nil
 	}
+	return d, nil
 }
 
 // GetDagServ returns the dagservice object this Helper is using
@@ -132,8 +133,7 @@ func (db *DagBuilderHelper) newUnixfsBlock() *UnixfsNode {
 }
 
 // FillNodeLayer will add datanodes as children to the give node until
-// at most db.indirSize ndoes are added
-//
+// at most db.indirSize nodes are added.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) FillNodeLayer(node *UnixfsNode) error {
 
 	// while we have room AND we're not done
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ func (db *DagBuilderHelper) FillNodeLayer(node *UnixfsNode) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetNextDataNode builds a UnixFsNode with the data obtained from the
+// Splitter, given the constraints (BlockSizeLimit, RawLeaves) specified
+// when creating the DagBuilderHelper.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) GetNextDataNode() (*UnixfsNode, error) {
 	data, err := db.Next()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -171,29 +174,31 @@ func (db *DagBuilderHelper) GetNextDataNode() (*UnixfsNode, error) {
 				rawnode: dag.NewRawNode(data),
 				raw:     true,
 			}, nil
-		} else {
-			rawnode, err := dag.NewRawNodeWPrefix(data, *db.prefix)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return &UnixfsNode{
-				rawnode: rawnode,
-				raw:     true,
-			}, nil
 		}
-	} else {
-		blk := db.newUnixfsBlock()
-		blk.SetData(data)
-		return blk, nil
+		rawnode, err := dag.NewRawNodeWPrefix(data, *db.prefix)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return &UnixfsNode{
+			rawnode: rawnode,
+			raw:     true,
+		}, nil
 	}
+
+	blk := db.newUnixfsBlock()
+	blk.SetData(data)
+	return blk, nil
 }
 
+// SetPosInfo sets the offset information of a node using the fullpath and stat
+// from the DagBuilderHelper.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) SetPosInfo(node *UnixfsNode, offset uint64) {
 	if db.fullPath != "" {
 		node.SetPosInfo(offset, db.fullPath, db.stat)
 	}
 }
 
+// Add sends a node to the DAGService, and returns it.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Add(node *UnixfsNode) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	dn, err := node.GetDagNode()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -208,10 +213,15 @@ func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Add(node *UnixfsNode) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	return dn, nil
 }
 
+// Maxlinks returns the configured maximum number for links
+// for nodes built with this helper.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Maxlinks() int {
 	return db.maxlinks
 }
 
+// Close has the DAGServce perform a batch Commit operation.
+// It should be called at the end of the building process to make
+// sure all data is persisted.
 func (db *DagBuilderHelper) Close() error {
 	return db.batch.Commit()
 }
diff --git a/importer/helpers/helpers.go b/importer/helpers/helpers.go
index 651a9449bc5..28630c822c6 100644
--- a/importer/helpers/helpers.go
+++ b/importer/helpers/helpers.go
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ func (n *UnixfsNode) NumChildren() int {
 	return n.ufmt.NumChildren()
 }
 
-// Set replaces this UnixfsNode with another UnixfsNode
+// Set replaces the current UnixfsNode with another one. It performs
+// a shallow copy.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) Set(other *UnixfsNode) {
 	n.node = other.node
 	n.raw = other.raw
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func (n *UnixfsNode) GetChild(ctx context.Context, i int, ds ipld.DAGService) (*
 
 // AddChild adds the given UnixfsNode as a child of the receiver.
 // The passed in DagBuilderHelper is used to store the child node an
-// pin it locally so it doesnt get lost
+// pin it locally so it doesnt get lost.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) AddChild(child *UnixfsNode, db *DagBuilderHelper) error {
 	n.ufmt.AddBlockSize(child.FileSize())
 
@@ -118,16 +119,20 @@ func (n *UnixfsNode) AddChild(child *UnixfsNode, db *DagBuilderHelper) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// RemoveChild removes the child node at the given index
+// RemoveChild deletes the child node at the given index.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) RemoveChild(index int, dbh *DagBuilderHelper) {
 	n.ufmt.RemoveBlockSize(index)
 	n.node.SetLinks(append(n.node.Links()[:index], n.node.Links()[index+1:]...))
 }
 
+// SetData stores data in this node.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) SetData(data []byte) {
 	n.ufmt.Data = data
 }
 
+// FileSize returns the total file size of this tree (including children)
+// In the case of raw nodes, it returns the length of the
+// raw data.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) FileSize() uint64 {
 	if n.raw {
 		return uint64(len(n.rawnode.RawData()))
@@ -135,6 +140,8 @@ func (n *UnixfsNode) FileSize() uint64 {
 	return n.ufmt.FileSize()
 }
 
+// SetPosInfo sets information about the offset of the data of this node in a
+// filesystem file.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) SetPosInfo(offset uint64, fullPath string, stat os.FileInfo) {
 	n.posInfo = &pi.PosInfo{
 		Offset:   offset,
@@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ func (n *UnixfsNode) SetPosInfo(offset uint64, fullPath string, stat os.FileInfo
 }
 
 // GetDagNode fills out the proper formatting for the unixfs node
-// inside of a DAG node and returns the dag node
+// inside of a DAG node and returns the dag node.
 func (n *UnixfsNode) GetDagNode() (ipld.Node, error) {
 	nd, err := n.getBaseDagNode()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/importer/importer.go b/importer/importer.go
index 4358ee39c93..7e53eb77603 100644
--- a/importer/importer.go
+++ b/importer/importer.go
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"gx/ipfs/QmceUdzxkimdYsgtX733uNgzf1DLHyBKN6ehGSp85ayppM/go-ipfs-cmdkit/files"
+	ipld "gx/ipfs/Qme5bWv7wtjUNGsK2BNGVUFPKiuxWrsqrtvYwCLRw8YFES/go-ipld-format"
+
 	bal "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/importer/balanced"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/importer/chunk"
 	h "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/importer/helpers"
 	trickle "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/importer/trickle"
-	"gx/ipfs/QmceUdzxkimdYsgtX733uNgzf1DLHyBKN6ehGSp85ayppM/go-ipfs-cmdkit/files"
-
-	ipld "gx/ipfs/Qme5bWv7wtjUNGsK2BNGVUFPKiuxWrsqrtvYwCLRw8YFES/go-ipld-format"
 )
 
 // BuildDagFromFile builds a DAG from the given file, writing created blocks to
-// disk as they are created
+// disk as they are created.
 func BuildDagFromFile(fpath string, ds ipld.DAGService) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	stat, err := os.Lstat(fpath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -36,23 +36,24 @@ func BuildDagFromFile(fpath string, ds ipld.DAGService) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	return BuildDagFromReader(ds, chunk.DefaultSplitter(f))
 }
 
-// BuildDagFromReader builds a DAG from the chunks returned by the given chunk
-// splitter.
+// BuildDagFromReader creates a DAG given a DAGService and a Splitter
+// implementation (Splitters are io.Readers), using a Balanced layout.
 func BuildDagFromReader(ds ipld.DAGService, spl chunk.Splitter) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	dbp := h.DagBuilderParams{
 		Dagserv:  ds,
 		Maxlinks: h.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
 	}
 
-	return bal.BalancedLayout(dbp.New(spl))
+	return bal.Layout(dbp.New(spl))
 }
 
-// BuildTrickleDagFromReader is similar to BuildDagFromReader but uses the trickle layout.
+// BuildTrickleDagFromReader creates a DAG given a DAGService and a Splitter
+// implementation (Splitters are io.Readers), using a Trickle Layout.
 func BuildTrickleDagFromReader(ds ipld.DAGService, spl chunk.Splitter) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	dbp := h.DagBuilderParams{
 		Dagserv:  ds,
 		Maxlinks: h.DefaultLinksPerBlock,
 	}
 
-	return trickle.TrickleLayout(dbp.New(spl))
+	return trickle.Layout(dbp.New(spl))
 }
diff --git a/importer/trickle/trickle_test.go b/importer/trickle/trickle_test.go
index 3791afe5c8d..618bf69ebfc 100644
--- a/importer/trickle/trickle_test.go
+++ b/importer/trickle/trickle_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func buildTestDag(ds ipld.DAGService, spl chunk.Splitter, rawLeaves UseRawLeaves
 		RawLeaves: bool(rawLeaves),
 	}
 
-	nd, err := TrickleLayout(dbp.New(spl))
+	nd, err := Layout(dbp.New(spl))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func testAppend(t *testing.T, rawLeaves UseRawLeaves) {
 	r := bytes.NewReader(should[nbytes/2:])
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	nnode, err := TrickleAppend(ctx, nd, dbp.New(chunk.NewSizeSplitter(r, 500)))
+	nnode, err := Append(ctx, nd, dbp.New(chunk.NewSizeSplitter(r, 500)))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func testMultipleAppends(t *testing.T, rawLeaves UseRawLeaves) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for i := 0; i < len(should); i++ {
 
-		nnode, err := TrickleAppend(ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(should[i:i+1]))))
+		nnode, err := Append(ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(should[i:i+1]))))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -612,12 +612,12 @@ func TestAppendSingleBytesToEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	spl := chunk.SizeSplitterGen(500)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	nnode, err := TrickleAppend(ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(data[:1]))))
+	nnode, err := Append(ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(data[:1]))))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	nnode, err = TrickleAppend(ctx, nnode, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(data[1:]))))
+	nnode, err = Append(ctx, nnode, dbp.New(spl(bytes.NewReader(data[1:]))))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/importer/trickle/trickledag.go b/importer/trickle/trickledag.go
index ff5d28f663f..1c7c1c95f1d 100644
--- a/importer/trickle/trickledag.go
+++ b/importer/trickle/trickledag.go
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+// Package trickle allows to build trickle DAGs.
+// In this type of DAG, non-leave nodes are first filled
+// with data leaves, and then incorporate "layers" of subtrees
+// as additional links.
+//
+// Each layer is a trickle sub-tree and is limited by an increasing
+// maxinum depth. Thus, the nodes first layer
+// can only hold leaves (depth 1) but subsequent layers can grow deeper.
+// By default, this module places 4 nodes per layer (that is, 4 subtrees
+// of the same maxinum depth before increasing it).
+//
+// Trickle DAGs are very good for sequentially reading data, as the
+// first data leaves are directly reachable from the root and those
+// coming next are always nearby. They are
+// suited for things like streaming applications.
 package trickle
 
 import (
@@ -18,7 +33,10 @@ import (
 // improves seek speeds.
 const layerRepeat = 4
 
-func TrickleLayout(db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (ipld.Node, error) {
+// Layout builds a new DAG with the trickle format using the provided
+// DagBuilderHelper. See the module's description for a more detailed
+// explanation.
+func Layout(db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (ipld.Node, error) {
 	root := db.NewUnixfsNode()
 	if err := db.FillNodeLayer(root); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -68,17 +86,17 @@ func fillTrickleRec(db *h.DagBuilderHelper, node *h.UnixfsNode, depth int) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TrickleAppend appends the data in `db` to the dag, using the Trickledag format
-func TrickleAppend(ctx context.Context, basen ipld.Node, db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (out ipld.Node, err_out error) {
+// Append appends the data in `db` to the dag, using the Trickledag format
+func Append(ctx context.Context, basen ipld.Node, db *h.DagBuilderHelper) (out ipld.Node, errOut error) {
 	base, ok := basen.(*dag.ProtoNode)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, dag.ErrNotProtobuf
 	}
 
 	defer func() {
-		if err_out == nil {
+		if errOut == nil {
 			if err := db.Close(); err != nil {
-				err_out = err
+				errOut = err
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -148,7 +166,7 @@ func appendFillLastChild(ctx context.Context, ufsn *h.UnixfsNode, depth int, lay
 	}
 
 	// Fill out last child (may not be full tree)
-	nchild, err := trickleAppendRec(ctx, lastChild, db, depth-1)
+	nchild, err := appendRec(ctx, lastChild, db, depth-1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -179,8 +197,8 @@ func appendFillLastChild(ctx context.Context, ufsn *h.UnixfsNode, depth int, lay
 	return nil
 }
 
-// recursive call for TrickleAppend
-func trickleAppendRec(ctx context.Context, ufsn *h.UnixfsNode, db *h.DagBuilderHelper, depth int) (*h.UnixfsNode, error) {
+// recursive call for Append
+func appendRec(ctx context.Context, ufsn *h.UnixfsNode, db *h.DagBuilderHelper, depth int) (*h.UnixfsNode, error) {
 	if depth == 0 || db.Done() {
 		return ufsn, nil
 	}
@@ -337,7 +355,7 @@ func verifyTDagRec(n ipld.Node, depth int, p VerifyParams) error {
 			// Recursive trickle dags
 			rdepth := ((i - p.Direct) / p.LayerRepeat) + 1
 			if rdepth >= depth && depth > 0 {
-				return errors.New("Child dag was too deep!")
+				return errors.New("child dag was too deep")
 			}
 			err := verifyTDagRec(child, rdepth, p)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/unixfs/format.go b/unixfs/format.go
index 4157ec0e570..26d4b0cc3b7 100644
--- a/unixfs/format.go
+++ b/unixfs/format.go
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ func (n *FSNode) GetBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	return proto.Marshal(pbn)
 }
 
+// FileSize returns the total size of this tree. That is, the size of
+// the data in this node plus the size of all its children.
 func (n *FSNode) FileSize() uint64 {
 	return uint64(len(n.Data)) + n.subtotal
 }
diff --git a/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go b/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
index ff2d51f2523..8bf9382ddf4 100644
--- a/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
+++ b/unixfs/mod/dagmodifier.go
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func (dm *DagModifier) appendData(nd ipld.Node, spl chunk.Splitter) (ipld.Node,
 			Prefix:    &dm.Prefix,
 			RawLeaves: dm.RawLeaves,
 		}
-		return trickle.TrickleAppend(dm.ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl))
+		return trickle.Append(dm.ctx, nd, dbp.New(spl))
 	default:
 		return nil, ErrNotUnixfs
 	}
diff --git a/unixfs/test/utils.go b/unixfs/test/utils.go
index a50c4ecbea6..5e1977ddb23 100644
--- a/unixfs/test/utils.go
+++ b/unixfs/test/utils.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func GetNode(t testing.TB, dserv ipld.DAGService, data []byte, opts NodeOpts) ip
 		RawLeaves: opts.RawLeavesUsed,
 	}
 
-	node, err := trickle.TrickleLayout(dbp.New(SizeSplitterGen(500)(in)))
+	node, err := trickle.Layout(dbp.New(SizeSplitterGen(500)(in)))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}