diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/SpecProcessor.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/SpecProcessor.java
index b575c857ed..fb65b25180 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/SpecProcessor.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/SpecProcessor.java
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 package org.spockframework.runtime;
 
+import org.spockframework.runtime.extension.builtin.orderer.SpecOrderer;
 import org.spockframework.runtime.model.SpecInfo;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * Generic bulk processor for a collection of {@link SpecInfo} elements
+ *
+ * @see SpecOrderer
+ */
 public interface SpecProcessor {
+  /**
+   * Bulk-process a collection of {@link SpecInfo} elements in-place, i.e. do not return anything but operate on the
+   * elements given, changing their state if necessary.
+   *
+   * @param specs spec-info instances to be processed
+   */
   void process(Collection<SpecInfo> specs);
 }
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
index 877efed593..ce1dc88c4d 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AlphabeticalSpecOrderer.java
@@ -1,22 +1,46 @@
 package org.spockframework.runtime.extension.builtin.orderer;
 
+import org.spockframework.runtime.model.FeatureInfo;
 import org.spockframework.runtime.model.SpecInfo;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+/**
+ * Orderer capable of assigning specification and/or feature method run orders according to spec/feature display names,
+ * comparing them alphabetically. There is no locale-specific collation, only simple string comparison based on the
+ * default JVM locale, using by {@link String#compareTo(String)}.
+ */
 public class AlphabeticalSpecOrderer extends SpecOrderer {
   private final boolean ascending;
 
+  /**
+   * Create an alphabetical spec orderer
+   *
+   * @param orderSpecs    modify specification run order (yes/no)?
+   * @param orderFeatures modify feature run order within a specification (yes/no)?
+   * @param ascending     sort in ascending order (yes/no)?
+   */
   public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures, boolean ascending) {
     super(orderSpecs, orderFeatures);
     this.ascending = ascending;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create an alphabetical spec orderer with a default ascending sort order
+   *
+   * @param orderSpecs    modify specification run order (yes/no)?
+   * @param orderFeatures modify feature run order within a specification (yes/no)?
+   * @see #AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean, boolean, boolean)
+   */
   public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures) {
     this(orderSpecs, orderFeatures, true);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create an alphabetical spec orderer with default values. This is a shorthand for calling
+   * {@link #AlphabeticalSpecOrderer(boolean, boolean, boolean)} with parameters {@code true, true, true}.
+   */
   public AlphabeticalSpecOrderer() {
     this(true, true);
   }
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer.java
index 953ee1973b..3dcf58baed 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer.java
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * Spec orderer for usef-defined, manual specification and/or feature method ordering, to be used in connection with
+ * {@link Order @Order} annotations. See the Spock user manual for more details.
+ */
 public class AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer extends SpecOrderer {
+  /**
+   * Create an annotation-based spec orderer
+   * @see Order
+   */
   public AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer() {
     super(true, true);
   }
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/DefaultSpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/DefaultSpecOrderer.java
index b1efc71d51..8b08a40a1a 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/DefaultSpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/DefaultSpecOrderer.java
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * No-op spec orderer, used as a default if no other orderer is configured
+ */
 public class DefaultSpecOrderer extends SpecOrderer {
+  /**
+   * Create a no-op spec orderer
+   */
   public DefaultSpecOrderer() {
     super(false, false);
   }
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/RandomSpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/RandomSpecOrderer.java
index 5774c06107..08e32df1f7 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/RandomSpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/RandomSpecOrderer.java
@@ -6,18 +6,42 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+/**
+ * Orderer capable of randomizing specification and/or feature method run order
+ */
 public class RandomSpecOrderer extends SpecOrderer {
   private final Random random;
 
+  /**
+   * Create a random spec orderer
+   *
+   * @param orderSpecs    modify specification run order (yes/no)?
+   * @param orderFeatures modify feature run order within a specification (yes/no)?
+   * @param seed          random seed to be used in {@link Random#Random(long)}; setting this to a fixed value enables
+   *                      you to create test runs with repeatable pseudo-random run ordering, which can be helpful when
+   *                      e.g. debugging tests failing due to a particular run order, making them more independent of
+   *                      each other in the process
+   */
   public RandomSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures, long seed) {
     super(orderSpecs, orderFeatures);
     random = new Random(seed);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a random spec orderer with a default random seed of {@code System.currentTimeMillis()}
+   *
+   * @param orderSpecs    modify specification run order (yes/no)?
+   * @param orderFeatures modify feature run order within a specification (yes/no)?
+   * @see #RandomSpecOrderer(boolean, boolean, long)
+   */
   public RandomSpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures) {
     this(orderSpecs, orderFeatures, System.currentTimeMillis());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a random spec orderer with default values. This is a shorthand for calling
+   * {@link #RandomSpecOrderer(boolean, boolean, long)} with parameters {@code true, true, System.currentTimeMillis()}.
+   */
   public RandomSpecOrderer() {
     this(true, true);
   }
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/SpecOrderer.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/SpecOrderer.java
index 13e33c5540..e26b42f124 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/SpecOrderer.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/org/spockframework/runtime/extension/builtin/orderer/SpecOrderer.java
@@ -1,19 +1,40 @@
 package org.spockframework.runtime.extension.builtin.orderer;
 
 import org.spockframework.runtime.SpecProcessor;
+import org.spockframework.runtime.model.FeatureInfo;
 import org.spockframework.runtime.model.SpecInfo;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for specification and feature method orderers, i.e. workers modifying the corresponding execution
+ * order properties of spec-info and feature-info instances.
+ *
+ * @see DefaultSpecOrderer
+ * @see RandomSpecOrderer
+ * @see AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer
+ * @see AlphabeticalSpecOrderer
+ */
 public abstract class SpecOrderer implements SpecProcessor {
   protected final boolean orderSpecs;
   protected final boolean orderFeatures;
 
+  /**
+   * Create a spec-orderer with a user-defined operational scope
+   *
+   * @param orderSpecs    modify specification run order (yes/no)?
+   * @param orderFeatures modify feature run order within a specification (yes/no)?
+   */
   public SpecOrderer(boolean orderSpecs, boolean orderFeatures) {
     this.orderSpecs = orderSpecs;
     this.orderFeatures = orderFeatures;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Dispatch to {@link #orderSpecs(Collection)} and then to {@link #orderFeatures(Collection)} for each spec-info
+   *
+   * @param specs spec-info instances to be processed
+   */
   @Override
   public void process(Collection<SpecInfo> specs) {
     if (orderSpecs)
@@ -24,8 +45,43 @@ public void process(Collection<SpecInfo> specs) {
       orderFeatures(spec.getAllFeatures());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Assign values to specification run orders. Implementors are expected to modify the corresponding object state
+   * in place, e.g. like this:
+   * <pre>
+   * for (SpecInfo spec : specs)
+   *   spec.setExecutionOrder(random.nextInt());
+   * </pre>
+   * Or maybe:
+   * <pre>
+   * AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger();
+   * specs.stream()
+   *   .sorted(myComparator)
+   *   .forEach(specInfo -> specInfo.setExecutionOrder(i.getAndIncrement()));
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   * @param specs spec-info instances to be ordered
+   */
+
   protected abstract void orderSpecs(Collection<SpecInfo> specs);
 
+  /**
+   * Assign values to feature run orders. Implementors are expected to modify the corresponding object state
+   * in place, e.g. like this:
+   * <pre>
+   * for (FeatureInfo feature : features)
+   *   feature.setExecutionOrder(random.nextInt());
+   * </pre>
+   * Or maybe:
+   * <pre>
+   * AtomicInteger i = new AtomicInteger();
+   * features.stream()
+   *   .sorted(myComparator)
+   *   .forEach(featureInfo -> featureInfo.setExecutionOrder(i.getAndIncrement()));
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   * @param features feature-info instances to be ordered
+   */
   protected abstract void orderFeatures(Collection<FeatureInfo> features);
 
   public boolean isOrderSpecs() {
diff --git a/spock-core/src/main/java/spock/lang/Order.java b/spock-core/src/main/java/spock/lang/Order.java
index 46af7265c5..39341e8467 100644
--- a/spock-core/src/main/java/spock/lang/Order.java
+++ b/spock-core/src/main/java/spock/lang/Order.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  * runner {
  *   orderer new AnnotatationBasedSpecOrderer()
  * }</pre>
+ * <p>
+ * See the Spock user manual for more details.
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })