diff --git a/nifty5/domains/dof_space.py b/nifty5/domains/dof_space.py
index 967aeb5d70e5a382e898b0ee131855cf64cc9247..e32c9abdd25d2c38fee2b0cb068ac944ba03f549 100644
--- a/nifty5/domains/dof_space.py
+++ b/nifty5/domains/dof_space.py
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ from .structured_domain import StructuredDomain
 
 
 class DOFSpace(StructuredDomain):
-    """Generic degree-of-freedom space."""
+    """Generic degree-of-freedom space. It is defined as the domain of some DOFDistributor.
+    Its entries represent the underlying degrees of freedom of some other space, according
+    to the dofdex.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dof_weights: 1-D numpy array
+        A numpy array containing the multiplicity of each individual degree of freedom.
+    """
 
     _needed_for_hash = ["_dvol"]
 
diff --git a/nifty5/operators/dof_distributor.py b/nifty5/operators/dof_distributor.py
index addb5bbb5d46c7a07075b3a288f141f8f5c02a36..ff14160c7e7e852238c80479cf2a77b800b91645 100644
--- a/nifty5/operators/dof_distributor.py
+++ b/nifty5/operators/dof_distributor.py
@@ -26,8 +26,24 @@ from ..domains.dof_space import DOFSpace
 
 
 class DOFDistributor(LinearOperator):
-    """Operator transforming between a DOFSpace and any other domain by means
-    of distribution/projection."""
+    """Operator which distributes actual degrees of freedom (dof) according to some
+    distribution scheme into a higher dimensional space. This distribution scheme is
+    defined by the dofdex, a degree of freedom index, which associates the entries within
+    the operators domain to locations in its target. This operators domain is a DOFSpace,
+     which is defined according to the distribution scheme.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dofdex: Field of integers
+        An integer Field on exactly one Space establishing the association between the
+        locations in the operators target and the underlying degrees of freedom in its domain.
+        It has to start at 0 and it increases monotonicly, no empty bins are allowed.
+    target: Domain, tuple of Domain, or DomainTuple, optional
+        The target of the operator. If not specified, the domain of the dofdex is used.
+    space: int, optional:
+       The index of the sub-domain on which the operator acts.
+       Can be omitted if `target` only has one sub-domain.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, dofdex, target=None, space=None):
         super(DOFDistributor, self).__init__()