diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/utils/__init__.py
index bf9b36a13..eff65a055 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+"""Utility functions"""
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 
 
 def qurl(url):
+    """Get a QUrl from an url string."""
     if isinstance(url, QUrl):
         return url
     if not url.startswith('http://'):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74d35717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""The Qt widgets needed by qutebrowser."""
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/__init__.py
index 8ecaf7ef2..a661a7b90 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Several widgets in the statusbar."""
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QHBoxLayout, QWidget