diff --git a/cmd/resource/Makefile b/cmd/resource/Makefile
index f8567e8d7..29d262a6a 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/resource/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ fmt:
 	go fmt ./...
 
 generate:
-	#(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/resource)
-	#GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...
+	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
+	GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...
 
 license:
 	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
diff --git a/cmd/resource/go.mod b/cmd/resource/go.mod
index 2ba9b0391..696f1b1f6 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/resource/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190913080033-27d36303b655
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20190918160344-1fbdaa4c8d90
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.4.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo v0.0.0-20191222005333-3900166fdf4f // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus v0.0.0-20191204200457-7c1b477ff62d
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.0.0-20191202204815-0a19a5dbd9b8
 )
diff --git a/cmd/resource/go.sum b/cmd/resource/go.sum
index 20b8392c8..4db02c394 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/resource/go.sum
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ modernc.org/strutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lstksw84oURvj9y3tn8lGvRxyRC1S2+g5uuIzNfIOBs
 modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.4.0 h1:wATM6/m+3w8lj8FXNaO6Fs/rq/vqoOjO1Q116Z9NPsg=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.4.0/go.mod h1:ApC79lpY3PHW9xj/w9pj+lYkLgwAAUZwfXkME1Lajns=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible h1:JUufWFNlI44MdtnjUqVnvh29rR37PQFzPbLXqhyOyX0=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo v0.0.0-20191222005333-3900166fdf4f h1:Wdh26pJ0THtsuSB1DCkaLc1Ssv2NDddB7E7vCSdTHdg=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo v0.0.0-20191222005333-3900166fdf4f/go.mod h1:arffnBwv6VTLUY3hxATxJ2fwNMWy92GSXm6UXEjFddQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190817042607-6149e4549fca/go.mod h1:IIgPezJWb76P0hotTxzDbWsMYB8APh18qZnxkomBpxA=
 sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.2 h1:vK0+tvjF0BZ/RYFeZ1E6BYBwHJJXhjuZ3TdsEKH+UQM=
diff --git a/cmd/resource/main.go b/cmd/resource/main.go
index 433dfbdfa..588ffd3ec 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/main.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/main.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package main
 
 import (
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/events.go b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/events.go
index 67e98aa8d..9102f707a 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/events.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/events.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -6,23 +9,27 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 )
 
+// GetEventsRunner returns a command EventsRunner.
 func GetEventsRunner() *EventsRunner {
 	r := &EventsRunner{}
 	c := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "events",
-		Short: "Events",
-		RunE:  r.runE,
+		Use:     "events DIR...",
+		Short:   commands.EventsShort,
+		Long:    commands.EventsLong,
+		Example: commands.EventsExamples,
+		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.IncludeSubpackages, "include-subpackages", true,
 		"also print resources from subpackages.")
 	c.Flags().DurationVar(&r.Interval, "interval", 2*time.Second,
-		"check every n seconds. Default is every 2 seconds.")
+		"check every n seconds.")
 	c.Flags().DurationVar(&r.Timeout, "timeout", 60*time.Second,
-		"give up after n seconds. Default is 60 seconds.")
+		"give up after n seconds.")
 
 	r.Command = c
 	return r
@@ -32,6 +39,8 @@ func EventsCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return GetEventsRunner().Command
 }
 
+// EventsRunner captures the parameters for the command
+// and contains the run function.
 type EventsRunner struct {
 	IncludeSubpackages bool
 	Interval           time.Duration
@@ -41,13 +50,17 @@ type EventsRunner struct {
 
 func (r *EventsRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create a client and use it to set up a new resolver.
 	client, err := getClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating client")
 	}
-
 	resolver := wait.NewResolver(client, r.Interval)
 
+	// Set up a CaptureIdentifierFilter and run all inputs through the
+	// filter with the pipeline to capture the inventory of resources
+	// which we are interested in.
 	captureFilter := &CaptureIdentifiersFilter{}
 	filters := []kio.Filter{captureFilter}
 
@@ -70,12 +83,17 @@ func (r *EventsRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error reading manifests")
 	}
 
+	// Create a new printer that knows how to print updates about
+	// resourdes and their aggregate status in the events format.
 	printer := newEventPrinter(c.OutOrStdout(), c.OutOrStderr())
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, r.Timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	resChannel := resolver.WaitForStatus(ctx, captureFilter.Identifiers)
 
+	// Print events until the channel is closed. This will happen
+	// either because all resources has reached the Current status
+	// or it has timed out.
 	for msg := range resChannel {
 		printer.printEvent(msg)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/fetch.go b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/fetch.go
index 8957b0b21..d49bd0f68 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/fetch.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/fetch.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -6,17 +9,21 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus/status"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 )
 
+// GetFetchRunner returns a command FetchRunner.
 func GetFetchRunner() *FetchRunner {
 	r := &FetchRunner{}
 	c := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "fetch",
-		Short: "Fetch",
-		RunE:  r.runE,
+		Use:     "fetch DIR...",
+		Short:   commands.FetchShort,
+		Long:    commands.FetchLong,
+		Example: commands.FetchExamples,
+		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.IncludeSubpackages, "include-subpackages", true,
 		"also print resources from subpackages.")
@@ -29,6 +36,8 @@ func FetchCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return GetFetchRunner().Command
 }
 
+// FetchRunner captures the parameters for the command and contains
+// the run function.
 type FetchRunner struct {
 	IncludeSubpackages bool
 	Command            *cobra.Command
@@ -36,6 +45,8 @@ type FetchRunner struct {
 
 func (r *FetchRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create a new client and use it to set up a resolver.
 	client, err := getClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating client")
@@ -43,6 +54,9 @@ func (r *FetchRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	resolver := wait.NewResolver(client, time.Minute)
 
+	// Set up a CaptureIdentifierFilter and run all inputs through the
+	// filter with the pipeline to capture the inventory of resources
+	// which we are interested in.
 	captureFilter := &CaptureIdentifiersFilter{}
 	filters := []kio.Filter{captureFilter}
 
@@ -65,16 +79,27 @@ func (r *FetchRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error reading manifests")
 	}
 
+	// Pass in the inventory of resources to the FetchAndResolve function
+	// on the resolver. It will return the status (or an error) for each
+	// resource in the inventory.
 	results := resolver.FetchAndResolve(ctx, captureFilter.Identifiers)
 
+	// Create new printer that knows how to print resource statuses
+	// in a table format and ask it to print the results.
 	newTablePrinter(FetchStatusInfo{results}, c.OutOrStdout(), c.OutOrStderr(), false).Print()
 	return nil
 }
 
+// FetchStatusInfo wraps the results from the FetchAndResolve function
+// to the format expected in the TablePrinter.
 type FetchStatusInfo struct {
 	Results []wait.ResourceResult
 }
 
+// CurrentStatus returns the latest information known about the
+// status of each of the resources. For FetchStatusInfo, the result
+// is never updated, so it just returns the information provided
+// by the slice of wait.ResourceResult at creation.
 func (f FetchStatusInfo) CurrentStatus() StatusData {
 	var resourceData []ResourceStatusData
 	for _, res := range f.Results {
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/print.go b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/print.go
index 6cf2f74fa..c729c589b 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/print.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/print.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/util.go b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/util.go
index c98374dfe..962a8de2e 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/util.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/util.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ func init() {
 	_ = clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme)
 }
 
+// getClient returns a client for talking to a Kubernetes cluster. The client
+// is from controller-runtime.
 func getClient() (client.Client, error) {
 	config := ctrl.GetConfigOrDie()
 	mapper, err := apiutil.NewDiscoveryRESTMapper(config)
@@ -28,6 +33,8 @@ func getClient() (client.Client, error) {
 	return client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: scheme, Mapper: mapper})
 }
 
+// CaptureIdentifiersFilter implements the Filter interface in the kio package. It
+// captures the identifiers for all resources passed through the pipeline.
 type CaptureIdentifiersFilter struct {
 	Identifiers []wait.ResourceIdentifier
 }
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/wait.go b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/wait.go
index 2d3edc31e..f19840f45 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/cmd/wait.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/cmd/wait.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package cmd
 
 import (
@@ -7,18 +10,21 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus/status"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kstatus/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
 )
 
+// GetWaitRunner return a command WaitRunner.
 func GetWaitRunner() *WaitRunner {
 	r := &WaitRunner{}
 	c := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "wait",
-		Short: "Wait",
-		RunE:  r.runE,
+		Use:     "wait DIR...",
+		Short:   commands.WaitShort,
+		Long:    commands.WaitLong,
+		Example: commands.WaitExamples,
+		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&r.IncludeSubpackages, "include-subpackages", true,
 		"also print resources from subpackages.")
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ func WaitCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return GetWaitRunner().Command
 }
 
+// WaitRunner captures the parameters for the command and contains
+// the run function.
 type WaitRunner struct {
 	IncludeSubpackages bool
 	Interval           time.Duration
@@ -42,6 +50,9 @@ type WaitRunner struct {
 	Command            *cobra.Command
 }
 
+// runE implements the logic of the command and will call the Wait command in the wait
+// package, use a ResourceStatusCollector to capture the events from the channel, and the
+// TablePrinter to display the information.
 func (r *WaitRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	client, err := getClient()
@@ -98,6 +109,9 @@ func (r *WaitRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ResourceStatusCollector captures the latest state seen for all resources
+// based on the events from the Wait channel. This is used by the TablePrinter
+// to display status for all resources.
 type ResourceStatusCollector struct {
 	mux sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -105,6 +119,8 @@ type ResourceStatusCollector struct {
 	ResourceStatuses []*ResourceStatus
 }
 
+// updateResourceStatus takes the given event and update the status info
+// in the ResourceStatusCollector.
 func (r *ResourceStatusCollector) updateResourceStatus(msg wait.Event) {
 	r.mux.Lock()
 	defer r.mux.Unlock()
@@ -121,18 +137,23 @@ func (r *ResourceStatusCollector) updateResourceStatus(msg wait.Event) {
 	}
 }
 
+// updateAggregateStatus sets the aggregate status of the ResourceStatusCollector to the
+// given value.
 func (r *ResourceStatusCollector) updateAggregateStatus(aggregateStatus status.Status) {
 	r.mux.Lock()
 	defer r.mux.Unlock()
 	r.AggregateStatus = aggregateStatus
 }
 
+// ResourceStatus contains the status information for a single resource.
 type ResourceStatus struct {
 	Identifier wait.ResourceIdentifier
 	Status     status.Status
 	Message    string
 }
 
+// newResourceStatusCollector creates a new ResourceStatusCollector with the given
+// resources and sets the status for all of them to Unknown.
 func newResourceStatusCollector(identifiers []wait.ResourceIdentifier) *ResourceStatusCollector {
 	var statuses []*ResourceStatus
 
@@ -150,10 +171,16 @@ func newResourceStatusCollector(identifiers []wait.ResourceIdentifier) *Resource
 	}
 }
 
+// CollectorStatusInfo is a wrapper around the ResourceStatusCollector
+// to make it adhere to the interface of the TableWriter.
 type CollectorStatusInfo struct {
 	Collector *ResourceStatusCollector
 }
 
+// CurrentStatus implements the interface for the TableWriter and
+// returns a copy of the current status of the resources in the
+// ResourceStatusCollector. This is done to make sure the TableWriter
+// does not have to deal with synchronization when accessing the data.
 func (f CollectorStatusInfo) CurrentStatus() StatusData {
 	f.Collector.mux.RLock()
 	defer f.Collector.mux.RUnlock()
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/events.md b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/events.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8c7e5515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/events.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## events
+
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster until all provided resources have become Current and list the status change events.
+
+### Synopsis
+
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster for the state of all the provided resources until either they have all become 
+Current or the timeout is reached. The output will be status change events.
+
+The list of resources which should be polled are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or
+on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory. If not provided, input is expected on StdIn.
+
+### Examples
+
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status events my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status events --timeout=5m
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/fetch.md b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d9aee546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## fetch
+
+[Alpha] Fetch the state of the provided resources from the cluster and display status in a table.
+
+### Synopsis
+
+[Alpha] Fetches the state of all provided resources from the cluster and displays the status in
+a table.
+
+The list of resources are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory.
+
+### Examples
+
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status fetch my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status fetch
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/wait.md b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/wait.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f2b0062e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/docs/commands/wait.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## wait
+
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster until all provided resources have become Current and display progress in a table. 
+
+### Synopsis
+
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster for the state of all the provided resources until either they have all become 
+Current or the timeout is reached. The output will be presented as a table.
+
+The list of resources which should be polled are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or
+on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory. If not provided, input is expected on StdIn.
+
+### Examples
+
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status wait my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status wait --timeout=5m
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands/docs.go b/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ba6e621f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+
+
+// Code generated by "mdtogo"; DO NOT EDIT.
+package commands
+
+var EventsShort=`[Alpha] Poll the cluster until all provided resources have become Current and list the status change events.`
+var EventsLong=`
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster for the state of all the provided resources until either they have all become 
+Current or the timeout is reached. The output will be status change events.
+
+The list of resources which should be polled are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or
+on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory. If not provided, input is expected on StdIn.
+`
+var EventsExamples=`
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status events my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status events --timeout=5m`
+
+var FetchShort=`[Alpha] Fetch the state of the provided resources from the cluster and display status in a table.`
+var FetchLong=`
+[Alpha] Fetches the state of all provided resources from the cluster and displays the status in
+a table.
+
+The list of resources are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory.
+`
+var FetchExamples=`
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status fetch my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status fetch`
+
+var WaitShort=`[Alpha] Poll the cluster until all provided resources have become Current and display progress in a table. `
+var WaitLong=`
+[Alpha] Poll the cluster for the state of all the provided resources until either they have all become 
+Current or the timeout is reached. The output will be presented as a table.
+
+The list of resources which should be polled are provided as manifests either on the filesystem or
+on StdIn. 
+
+  DIR:
+    Path to local directory. If not provided, input is expected on StdIn.
+`
+var WaitExamples=`
+    # Read resources from the filesystem and wait up to 1 minute for all of them to become Current
+    resource status wait my-dir/
+
+    # Fetch all resources in the cluster and wait up to 5 minutes for all of them to become Current
+    kubectl get all --all-namespaces -oyaml | resource status wait --timeout=5m`
diff --git a/cmd/resource/status/status.go b/cmd/resource/status/status.go
index 6e6b3beda..ff729a2a9 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/status/status.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/status/status.go
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//go:generate $GOBIN/mdtogo docs/commands generateddocs/commands --license=none
+
 package status
 
 import (
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func StatusCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var status = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "status",
-		Short: "status reference command",
+		Short: "[Alpha] Commands for working with resource status.",
 	}
 
 	status.AddCommand(cmd.FetchCommand())