diff --git a/packages/core/README.md b/packages/core/README.md
index 094a11018cb2..c8a93c40c08e 100644
--- a/packages/core/README.md
+++ b/packages/core/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ const app = new Application({
     port: 3001,
   },
 });
-app.components([RestComponent, GrpcComponent]);
+app.components([
+  RestComponent, // REST Server
+  GrpcComponent, // GRPC Server
+  ]);
 
 (async function start() {
   // Let's retrieve the bound instances of our servers.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/application.ts b/packages/core/src/application.ts
index 5aaaa9ab5ef1..82d1acfe8e85 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/application.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/application.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ export class Application extends Context {
       .tag('controller');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Bind an array of controllers to the Application's master
+   * context.
+   * Each controller added in this way will automatically be named based on
+   * the class constructor name with the "controllers." prefix.
+   *
+   * If you wish to control the binding keys for particular controller
+   * instances, use the app.controller function instead.
+   * ```ts
+   * app.controllers([
+   *  FooController,
+   *  BarController,
+   * ]);
+   * // Creates a binding for "controllers.FooController" and a binding for
+   * // "controllers.BarController";
+   * ```
+   *
+   * @param ctors Array of controller classes.
+   * @returns {Binding[]} An array of bindings for the registered controllers.
+   */
   controllers(ctors: ControllerClass[]): Binding[] {
     return ctors.map(ctor => this.controller(ctor));
   }
@@ -199,6 +219,25 @@ export class Application extends Context {
     mountComponent(this, instance);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add multiple components to this application and register their
+   * extensions.
+   *
+   * Each component added in this way will automatically be named based on the
+   * class constructor name with the "components." prefix.
+   *
+   * If you wish to control the binding keys for particular instances,
+   * use the app.component function instead.
+   * ```ts
+   * app.components([
+   *  RestComponent,
+   *  GRPCComponent,
+   * ]);
+   * // Creates a binding for "components.RestComponent" and a binding for
+   * // "components.GRPCComponent";
+   * ```
+   * @param ctors Array of components to add.
+   */
   public components(ctors: Constructor<Component>[]) {
     ctors.map(ctor => this.component(ctor));
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/application.test.ts b/packages/core/test/unit/application.test.ts
index 972a541d3e04..e1c452c64536 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/unit/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/application.test.ts
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ describe('Application', () => {
 
     it('allows binding of multiple servers as an array', async () => {
       const app = new Application();
-      const bindings = app.servers([FakeServer, FakerServer]);
+      const bindings = app.servers([FakeServer, AnotherServer]);
       expect(Array.from(bindings[0].tags)).to.containEql('server');
       expect(Array.from(bindings[1].tags)).to.containEql('server');
       const fakeResult = await app.getServer(FakeServer);
       expect(fakeResult.constructor.name).to.equal(FakeServer.name);
-      const fakerResult = await app.getServer(FakerServer);
-      expect(fakerResult.constructor.name).to.equal(FakerServer.name);
+      const AnotherResult = await app.getServer(AnotherServer);
+      expect(AnotherResult.constructor.name).to.equal(AnotherServer.name);
     });
   });
 
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ class FakeServer extends Context implements Server {
   }
 }
 
-class FakerServer extends FakeServer {}
+class AnotherServer extends FakeServer {}