diff --git a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/__init__.py b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d..1ebd42cf789 100644
--- a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""
+Base Test classes for standard testing.
+
+To learn how to use these classes, see the
+`Integration standard testing <https://python.langchain.com/docs/contributing/how_to/integrations/standard_tests/>`_
+guide
+"""
diff --git a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/base.py b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/base.py
index f2b7ca1f7e9..7c01639db51 100644
--- a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/base.py
+++ b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from typing import Type
 
 
 class BaseStandardTests(ABC):
+    """
+    :private:
+    """
+
     def test_no_overrides_DO_NOT_OVERRIDE(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that no standard tests are overridden.
diff --git a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/unit_tests/tools.py b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/unit_tests/tools.py
index 93701437da3..d674dfe4f48 100644
--- a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/unit_tests/tools.py
+++ b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/unit_tests/tools.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+"""
+.. autosummary::
+    :exclude-members: ToolsTests
+"""
+
 import os
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import Tuple, Type, Union
@@ -11,12 +16,25 @@ from langchain_tests.base import BaseStandardTests
 
 
 class ToolsTests(BaseStandardTests):
+    """
+    :private:
+    Base class for testing tools. This won't show in the documentation, but
+    the docstrings will be inherited by subclasses.
+    """
+
     @property
     @abstractmethod
-    def tool_constructor(self) -> Union[Type[BaseTool], BaseTool]: ...
+    def tool_constructor(self) -> Union[Type[BaseTool], BaseTool]:
+        """
+        Returns a class or instance of a tool to be tested.
+        """
+        ...
 
     @property
     def tool_constructor_params(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Returns a dictionary of parameters to pass to the tool constructor.
+        """
         return {}
 
     @property
@@ -24,13 +42,16 @@ class ToolsTests(BaseStandardTests):
         """
         Returns a dictionary representing the "args" of an example tool call.
 
-        This should NOT be a ToolCall dict - i.e. it should not
+        This should NOT be a ToolCall dict - it should not
         have {"name", "id", "args"} keys.
         """
         return {}
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def tool(self) -> BaseTool:
+        """
+        :private:
+        """
         if isinstance(self.tool_constructor, BaseTool):
             if self.tool_constructor_params != {}:
                 msg = (
@@ -43,19 +64,24 @@ class ToolsTests(BaseStandardTests):
 
 
 class ToolsUnitTests(ToolsTests):
-    def test_init(self) -> None:
-        if isinstance(self.tool_constructor, BaseTool):
-            tool = self.tool_constructor
-        else:
-            tool = self.tool_constructor(**self.tool_constructor_params)
-        assert tool is not None
-
     @property
     def init_from_env_params(self) -> Tuple[dict, dict, dict]:
         """Return env vars, init args, and expected instance attrs for initializing
         from env vars."""
         return {}, {}, {}
 
+    def test_init(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that the tool can be initialized with :attr:`tool_constructor` and
+        :attr:`tool_constructor_params`. If this fails, check that the
+        keyword args defined in :attr:`tool_constructor_params` are valid.
+        """
+        if isinstance(self.tool_constructor, BaseTool):
+            tool = self.tool_constructor
+        else:
+            tool = self.tool_constructor(**self.tool_constructor_params)
+        assert tool is not None
+
     def test_init_from_env(self) -> None:
         env_params, tools_params, expected_attrs = self.init_from_env_params
         if env_params:
@@ -69,14 +95,32 @@ class ToolsUnitTests(ToolsTests):
                 assert actual == expected
 
     def test_has_name(self, tool: BaseTool) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests that the tool has a name attribute to pass to chat models.
+
+        If this fails, add a `name` parameter to your tool.
+        """
         assert tool.name
 
     def test_has_input_schema(self, tool: BaseTool) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests that the tool has an input schema.
+
+        If this fails, add an `args_schema` to your tool.
+
+        See
+        `this guide <https://python.langchain.com/docs/how_to/custom_tools/#subclass-basetool>`_
+        and see how `CalculatorInput` is configured in the
+        `CustomCalculatorTool.args_schema` attribute
+        """
         assert tool.get_input_schema()
 
     def test_input_schema_matches_invoke_params(self, tool: BaseTool) -> None:
         """
-        Tests that the provided example params match the declared input schema
+        Tests that the provided example params match the declared input schema.
+
+        If this fails, update the `tool_invoke_params_example` attribute to match
+        the input schema (`args_schema`) of the tool.
         """
         # this will be a pydantic object
         input_schema = tool.get_input_schema()
diff --git a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/utils/pydantic.py b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/utils/pydantic.py
index 6aa0408a092..52720bbd081 100644
--- a/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/utils/pydantic.py
+++ b/libs/standard-tests/langchain_tests/utils/pydantic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-"""Utilities for working with pydantic models."""
+"""
+Utilities for working with pydantic models.
+
+:private:
+"""
 
 
 def get_pydantic_major_version() -> int: