diff --git a/_tools/check_docs.ts b/_tools/check_docs.ts
index dc9051f1c2c9..e5eb4e1ff032 100644
--- a/_tools/check_docs.ts
+++ b/_tools/check_docs.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const ENTRY_POINTS = [
   "../internal/mod.ts",
   "../jsonc/mod.ts",
   "../media_types/mod.ts",
+  "../msgpack/mod.ts",
   "../net/mod.ts",
   "../path/mod.ts",
   "../path/posix/mod.ts",
diff --git a/msgpack/decode.ts b/msgpack/decode.ts
index f7f167ce6dc7..567f258041fd 100644
--- a/msgpack/decode.ts
+++ b/msgpack/decode.ts
@@ -4,32 +4,33 @@
 import type { ValueType } from "./encode.ts";
 
 /**
- * Decode a value from the MessagePack binary format.
+ * Decode a value from the {@link https://msgpack.org/ | MessagePack} binary format.
  *
  * If the input is not in valid message pack format, an error will be thrown.
  *
- * @example Decode a value from the MessagePack binary format
+ * @example Usage
  * ```ts
  * import { decode } from "@std/msgpack/decode";
+ * import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert/assert-equals";
  *
- * const encoded = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3])
+ * const encoded = new Uint8Array([163, 72, 105, 33]);
  *
- * console.log(decode(encoded))
+ * assertEquals(decode(encoded), "Hi!");
  * ```
  *
- * @param uint8 Uint8Array containing the MessagePack binary data.
+ * @param data MessagePack binary data.
  * @returns Decoded value from the MessagePack binary data.
  */
-export function decode(uint8: Uint8Array): ValueType {
+export function decode(data: Uint8Array): ValueType {
   const pointer = { consumed: 0 };
   const dataView = new DataView(
-    uint8.buffer,
-    uint8.byteOffset,
-    uint8.byteLength,
+    data.buffer,
+    data.byteOffset,
+    data.byteLength,
   );
-  const value = decodeSlice(uint8, dataView, pointer);
+  const value = decodeSlice(data, dataView, pointer);
 
-  if (pointer.consumed < uint8.length) {
+  if (pointer.consumed < data.length) {
     throw new EvalError("Messagepack decode did not consume whole array");
   }
 
diff --git a/msgpack/encode.ts b/msgpack/encode.ts
index 53585aac23e1..017ad3a6c7ca 100644
--- a/msgpack/encode.ts
+++ b/msgpack/encode.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export type ValueType =
  * Value map that can be encoded to MessagePack.
  */
 export interface ValueMap {
+  /** Value map entry */
   [index: string | number]: ValueType;
 }
 
@@ -37,11 +38,12 @@ const SIXTY_FOUR_BITS = 18446744073709551616n;
 const encoder = new TextEncoder();
 
 /**
- * Encode a value to MessagePack binary format.
+ * Encode a value to {@link https://msgpack.org/ | MessagePack} binary format.
  *
- * @example Encode a value to MessagePack binary format
+ * @example Usage
  * ```ts
  * import { encode } from "@std/msgpack/encode";
+ * import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert/assert-equals";
  *
  * const obj = {
  *   str: "deno",
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ const encoder = new TextEncoder();
  *   }
  * }
  *
- * console.log(encode(obj))
+ * const encoded = encode(obj);
+ *
+ * assertEquals(encoded.length, 31);
  * ```
  *
  * @param object Value to encode to MessagePack binary format.
diff --git a/msgpack/mod.ts b/msgpack/mod.ts
index dcdb9b11c794..e11a3c2ef07e 100644
--- a/msgpack/mod.ts
+++ b/msgpack/mod.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 // This module is browser compatible.
 
 /**
+ * This module provides functions to encode and decode MessagePack.
+ *
  * MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format that is language
  * agnostic. It is like JSON, but generally produces much smaller payloads.
- * [Learn more about MessagePack](https://msgpack.org/).
- *
- * This module provides functions to encode and decode MessagePack.
+ * {@link https://msgpack.org/ | Learn more about MessagePack}.
  *
  * ```ts
  * import { decode, encode } from "@std/msgpack";
- * import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert"
+ * import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert/assert-equals";
  *
  * const obj = {
  *   str: "deno",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * };
  *
  * const encoded = encode(obj);
- * console.log(encoded); // Uint8Array(42) [...]
+ * assertEquals(encoded.length, 42);
  *
  * const decoded = decode(encoded);
  * assertEquals(decoded, obj);