diff --git a/ionic/components/button/button.ts b/ionic/components/button/button.ts
index c80f9e3cd5..9336837550 100644
--- a/ionic/components/button/button.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/button/button.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export class Button {
   private _colors: Array<string> = []; // primary/secondary
   private _icon: string = null; // left/right/only
   private _disabled: boolean = false; // disabled
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   isItem: boolean;
 
   @Input() color: string;
diff --git a/ionic/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts b/ionic/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
index c1feef4cac..bf380bbef1 100644
--- a/ionic/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export class Checkbox {
   private _disabled: any = false;
   private _labelId: string;
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   id: string;
 
   @Input() value: string = '';
diff --git a/ionic/components/content/content.ts b/ionic/components/content/content.ts
index c4da193c76..e54fca0fc0 100644
--- a/ionic/components/content/content.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/content/content.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
   private _padding: number = 0;
   private _onScroll: any;
   private _scrollTo: ScrollTo;
-  
+
   scrollElement: HTMLElement;
-  
+
   /**
    * @param {ElementRef} elementRef  A reference to the component's DOM element.
    * @param {Config} config  The config object to change content's default settings.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
     @Optional() viewCtrl: ViewController
   ) {
     super(_elementRef);
-    
+
     if (viewCtrl) {
       viewCtrl.setContent(this);
       viewCtrl.setContentRef(_elementRef);
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this.scrollElement.removeEventListener('scroll', this._onScroll);
   }
@@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
    * @returns {Function} A function that removes the scroll handler.
    */
   addScrollEventListener(handler) {
-    if (!this.scrollElement) { 
-      return; 
+    if (!this.scrollElement) {
+      return;
     }
 
     // ensure we're not creating duplicates
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
   }
 
   /**
+   * @private
    * Adds the specified touchmove handler to the content's scroll element.
    *
    * ```ts
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts b/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
index aed3e65fc0..0f4d3c8960 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ let menuTypes:{ [name: string]: new(...args: any[]) => MenuType } = {};
 let menuIds:number = 0;
 
 
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
 @Directive({
   selector: '.backdrop',
   host: {
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/view-controller.ts b/ionic/components/nav/view-controller.ts
index 34062723d3..59ae0fde45 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/view-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/view-controller.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,34 @@ export class ViewController {
   private _pgRef: ElementRef;
   protected _nav: NavController;
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   id: string;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   instance: any = {};
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   state: string = '';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   viewType: string = '';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   onReady: any;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   zIndex: number;
 
   @Output() private _emitter: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
@@ -49,6 +72,9 @@ export class ViewController {
     this._emitter.subscribe(callback);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   emit(data) {
     this._emitter.emit(data);
   }
@@ -62,18 +88,30 @@ export class ViewController {
     return this._nav.remove(this._nav.indexOf(this), 1, this._leavingOpts);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   setNav(navCtrl) {
     this._nav = navCtrl;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   getTransitionName(direction) {
     return this._nav && this._nav.config.get('pageTransition');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   getNavParams() {
     return new NavParams(this.data);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   setLeavingOpts(opts) {
     this._leavingOpts = opts;
   }
@@ -174,6 +212,9 @@ export class ViewController {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   setZIndex(zIndex: number, renderer: Renderer) {
     if (this._pgRef && zIndex !== this.zIndex) {
       this.zIndex = zIndex;
diff --git a/ionic/components/searchbar/searchbar.ts b/ionic/components/searchbar/searchbar.ts
index ed0346a589..d0cdbb80d7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/searchbar/searchbar.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/searchbar/searchbar.ts
@@ -287,18 +287,25 @@ export class Searchbar extends Ion {
    * @private
    * Write a new value to the element.
    */
-  public writeValue(value: any) {
+  writeValue(value: any) {
     this.value = value;
   }
 
-  public onChange = (_:any) => {};
-  public onTouched = () => {};
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  onChange = (_:any) => {};
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  onTouched = () => {};
 
   /**
    * @private
    * Set the function to be called when the control receives a change event.
    */
-  public registerOnChange(fn:(_:any) => {}):void {
+  registerOnChange(fn:(_:any) => {}):void {
     this.onChange = fn;
   }
 
@@ -306,7 +313,7 @@ export class Searchbar extends Ion {
    * @private
    * Set the function to be called when the control receives a touch event.
    */
-  public registerOnTouched(fn:() => {}):void {
+  registerOnTouched(fn:() => {}):void {
     this.onTouched = fn;
   }
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/segment/segment.ts b/ionic/components/segment/segment.ts
index e683d245c9..8f503c856a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/segment/segment.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/segment/segment.ts
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ export class SegmentButton {
 })
 export class Segment {
   value: string;
-  onChange = (_) => {};
-  onTouched = (_) => {};
 
   @Output() change: EventEmitter<SegmentButton> = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -183,6 +181,14 @@ export class Segment {
    }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  onChange = (_) => {};
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  onTouched = (_) => {};
 
   /**
    * @private
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
index 00abbdab3a..3447c7ad76 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
   private _loaded: boolean;
   private _loadTimer: any;
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   btn: TabButton;
 
   @Input() root: Type;
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
index e689955030..21d98d0e33 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ export class Tabs extends Ion {
   private _onReady = null;
   private _useHighlight: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   id: number;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   navbarContainerRef: ViewContainerRef;
   subPages: boolean;
 
diff --git a/ionic/config/config.ts b/ionic/config/config.ts
index 58df4f42fe..d8e528543b 100644
--- a/ionic/config/config.ts
+++ b/ionic/config/config.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ import {isObject, isDefined, isFunction, isArray} from '../util/util';
 export class Config {
   private _c: any = {};
   private _s: any = {};
-  public platform: Platform;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  platform: Platform;
 
   constructor(config?) {
     this._s = config && isObject(config) && !isArray(config) ? config : {};
@@ -280,7 +284,14 @@ export class Config {
 
     return this._c[key];
   }
-  
+
+  /**
+   * @name getBoolean
+   * @description
+   * Same as `get()`, however always returns a boolean value.
+   *
+   * @param {String} [key] - the key for the config value
+   */
   getBoolean(key: string): boolean {
     let val = this.get(key);
     return (val || val === 'true') ? true : false;
diff --git a/ionic/platform/platform.ts b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
index 78e3662d88..0395358e85 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/platform.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ export class Platform {
   private _readyResolve: any;
   private _engineReady: any;
   private _resizeTimer: any;
-  public platformOverride: string;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  platformOverride: string;
 
   constructor(platforms=[]) {
     this._platforms = platforms;