diff --git a/tools/dgeni/processors/docs-private-filter.js b/tools/dgeni/processors/docs-private-filter.js
index 38dcae5e5fed..de6458f2afbd 100644
--- a/tools/dgeni/processors/docs-private-filter.js
+++ b/tools/dgeni/processors/docs-private-filter.js
@@ -29,24 +29,24 @@ const INTERNAL_METHODS = [
 module.exports = function docsPrivateFilter() {
   return {
     $runBefore: ['categorizer'],
-    $process: docs => docs.filter(doc => validateDocEntry(doc))
+    $process: docs => docs.filter(doc => isPublicDoc(doc))
   };
 };
 
-function validateDocEntry(doc) {
+function isPublicDoc(doc) {
   if (hasDocsPrivateTag(doc)) {
     return false;
   } else if (doc.docType === 'member') {
-    return validateMemberDoc(doc);
+    return !isInternalMember(doc);
   } else if (doc.docType === 'class') {
-    doc.members = doc.members.filter(memberDoc => validateMemberDoc(memberDoc));
+    doc.members = doc.members.filter(memberDoc => isPublicDoc(memberDoc));
   }
 
   return true;
 }
 
-function validateMemberDoc(memberDoc) {
-  return !INTERNAL_METHODS.includes(memberDoc.name)
+function isInternalMember(memberDoc) {
+  return INTERNAL_METHODS.includes(memberDoc.name)
 }
 
 function hasDocsPrivateTag(doc) {
diff --git a/tools/dgeni/processors/link-inherited-docs.js b/tools/dgeni/processors/link-inherited-docs.js
index daed5774a19f..cd90dd055726 100644
--- a/tools/dgeni/processors/link-inherited-docs.js
+++ b/tools/dgeni/processors/link-inherited-docs.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Processor that iterates through all class docs and determines if a class inherits
+ * another class. Inherited class-docs will be linked to the original class-doc.
+ */
+
 const ts = require('typescript');
 
 module.exports = function linkInheritedDocs(readTypeScriptModules, tsParser) {
@@ -19,10 +24,12 @@ module.exports = function linkInheritedDocs(readTypeScriptModules, tsParser) {
     checker = tsParser.parse(sourceFiles, basePath).typeChecker;
 
     // Iterate through all class docs and resolve the inherited docs.
-    docs.filter(doc => doc.docType === 'class').forEach(classDoc => visitClassDoc(classDoc, docs));
+    docs.filter(doc => doc.docType === 'class').forEach(classDoc => {
+      resolveInheritedDoc(classDoc, docs);
+    });
   }
 
-  function visitClassDoc(classDoc, docs) {
+  function resolveInheritedDoc(classDoc, docs) {
     let inheritedType = resolveInheritedType(classDoc.exportSymbol);
     let inheritedSymbol = inheritedType && inheritedType.symbol;