diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
index b6b33314bd3..333aecdcc97 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
@@ -1384,8 +1384,9 @@ public class ContextHandler extends ScopedHandler implements Attributes, Gracefu
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
-     * @param base
-     *            The resourceBase to set.
+     * Set the base resource for this context.
+     * @param base The resource used as the base for all static content of this context.
+     * @see #setResourceBase(String)
      */
     public void setBaseResource(Resource base)
     {
@@ -1393,9 +1394,11 @@ public class ContextHandler extends ScopedHandler implements Attributes, Gracefu
     }
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    /**
-     * @param resourceBase
-     *            The base resource as a string.
+    /** 
+     * Set the base resource for this context.
+     * @param resourceBase A string representing the base resource for the context. Any string accepted 
+     * by {@link Resource#newResource(String)} may be passed and the call is equivalent to 
+     * <code>setBaseResource(newResource(resourceBase));</code>
      */
     public void setResourceBase(String resourceBase)
     {
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
index 401e75a777e..623731a33e6 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /** 
  * Abstract resource class.
+ * <p>
+ * This class provides a resource abstraction, where a resource may be
+ * a file, a URL or an entry in a jar file.
+ * </p>
  */
 public abstract class Resource implements ResourceFactory, Closeable
 {