diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 1aa1e10d0b..e3a42fea79 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ limit-inference-results=100
 
 # List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
 # usually to register additional checkers.
-load-plugins=
+load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ disable=missing-docstring,
       wrong-import-order, # Leave this up to isort
       bad-continuation, # Leave this up to black
       line-too-long, # Leave this up to black
+      missing-yield-type-doc, # Use return type annotation instead
       exec-used
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-dbapi/setup.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-dbapi/setup.py
index f5c1b3fa81..ccdeeda060 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-dbapi/setup.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-dbapi/setup.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "ext", "dbapi", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+# pylint:disable=exec-used
 with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/setup.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/setup.py
index 886800eacf..5cd1330a4d 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/setup.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/setup.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "ext", "wsgi", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+# pylint:disable=exec-used
 with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
index 61e8126c19..5d5a8102f9 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
@@ -211,12 +211,16 @@ def _start_response(status, response_headers, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return _start_response
 
+    # pylint: disable=missing-type-doc
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         """The WSGI application
 
         Args:
             environ: A WSGI environment.
             start_response: The WSGI start_response callable.
+
+        Yields:
+            Zero or more strings that comprise the WSGI response.
         """
 
         token = context.attach(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/setup.py b/opentelemetry-api/setup.py
index 75d213ae4e..dc50de235f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/setup.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "version.py")
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+# pylint:disable=exec-used
 with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/__init__.py
index b7ad62adb2..436a542ec6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def bind(self, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> "object":
 
         Args:
             labels: Labels to associate with the bound instrument.
+        Returns:
+            A new bound metric instrument.
         """
 
 
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@ def bind(self, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> "DefaultBoundInstrument":
 
         Args:
             labels: Labels to associate with the bound instrument.
+        Returns:
+            A new bound metric instrument.
         """
         return DefaultBoundInstrument()
 
@@ -138,7 +142,13 @@ class Counter(Metric):
     """A counter type metric that expresses the computation of a sum."""
 
     def bind(self, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> "BoundCounter":
-        """Gets a `BoundCounter`."""
+        """Gets a `BoundCounter`.
+
+        Args:
+            labels: Labels to associate with the bound instrument.
+        Returns:
+            A new bound metric instrument.
+        """
         return BoundCounter()
 
     def add(self, value: ValueT, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
@@ -157,7 +167,13 @@ class Measure(Metric):
     """
 
     def bind(self, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> "BoundMeasure":
-        """Gets a `BoundMeasure`."""
+        """Gets a `BoundMeasure`.
+
+        Args:
+            labels: Labels to associate with the bound instrument.
+        Returns:
+            A new bound metric instrument.
+        """
         return BoundMeasure()
 
     def record(self, value: ValueT, labels: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/propagators/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/propagators/__init__.py
index 5aa53e25dc..66021a1ddf 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/propagators/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/propagators/__init__.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def extract(
             which understands how to extract a value from it.
         context: an optional Context to use. Defaults to current
             context if not set.
+    Returns:
+        The extracted context.
     """
     return get_global_httptextformat().extract(
         get_from_carrier, carrier, context
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/tracecontexthttptextformat.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/tracecontexthttptextformat.py
index 732ce96c66..62dfc72b6a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/tracecontexthttptextformat.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/tracecontexthttptextformat.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def _parse_tracestate(header_list: typing.List[str]) -> trace.TraceState:
     """Parse one or more w3c tracestate header into a TraceState.
 
     Args:
-        string: the value of the tracestate header.
+        header_list: A list of tracestate headers to parse.
 
     Returns:
         A valid TraceState that contains values extracted from
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.py
index 3ba02ba245..3d1e83b4ce 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "sdk", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+# pylint:disable=exec-used
 with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/__init__.py
index 1d35648fd3..0ccfa0bed7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ class Meter(metrics_api.Meter):
     Args:
         instrumentation_info: The `InstrumentationInfo` for this meter.
         stateful: Indicates whether the meter is stateful.
+        resource: The `Resource` associated with this `Meter`.
     """
 
     def __init__(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 20c50a849f..ec910ce20e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -248,8 +248,12 @@ class Span(trace_api.Span):
         attributes: The span's attributes to be exported
         events: Timestamped events to be exported
         links: Links to other spans to be exported
+        kind: The span kind.
         span_processor: `SpanProcessor` to invoke when starting and ending
             this `Span`.
+        instrumentation_info: Optional instrumentation info.
+        set_status_on_exception: Whether to populate the span's status with
+            error details when handling an exception.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -580,9 +584,8 @@ class Tracer(trace_api.Tracer):
     """See `opentelemetry.trace.Tracer`.
 
     Args:
-        name: The name of the tracer.
-        shutdown_on_exit: Register an atexit hook to shut down the tracer when
-            the application exits.
+        source: The parent `TracerProvider`.
+        instrumentation_info: Information about the instrumenting library.
     """
 
     def __init__(