diff --git a/nakadi-producer/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/eventlog/impl/EventLogRepository.java b/nakadi-producer/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/eventlog/impl/EventLogRepository.java
index e9ca335..05d6506 100644
--- a/nakadi-producer/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/eventlog/impl/EventLogRepository.java
+++ b/nakadi-producer/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/eventlog/impl/EventLogRepository.java
@@ -3,29 +3,83 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+/**
+ * This interface represents the database table where event log entries are stored.
+ * Normal users of the library don't need to care about this, it's implemented in
+ * nakadi-producer-spring-boot-starter and used in nakadi-producer.
+ * Only if you are using nakadi-producer without the spring-boot-starter, you'll have to implement it.
+ */
 public interface EventLogRepository {
-    Collection<EventLog> findByLockedByAndLockedUntilGreaterThan(String lockedBy, Instant lockedUntil);
+    /**
+     * Fetched events which were locked by the given lock ID, and whose lock is not yet expired.
+     * @param lockId the lock ID used for locking. This should be the same value as previously used
+     *              in {@link #lockSomeMessages(String, Instant, Instant)} for locking the event log entries.
+     * @param lockedUntil A cut-off for the expiry time. Use a time here where you are reasonably confident
+     *                    that you can send out the fetched events until this time.
+     * @return the fetched events.
+     */
+    Collection<EventLog> findByLockedByAndLockedUntilGreaterThan(String lockId, Instant lockedUntil);
 
+    /**
+     * Lock some event log entries, so that other instances won't try to send them out.
+     * You can later retrieve the locked entries with {@link #findByLockedByAndLockedUntilGreaterThan(String, Instant)}.
+     * @param lockId a unique identifier for this instance / job run / etc. The same value should
+     *             later be used for fetching them in {@link #findByLockedByAndLockedUntilGreaterThan(String, Instant)}.
+     * @param now         existing locked event logs whose lock expiry time is before this value can be locked again.
+     * @param lockExpires an expiry time to use for the new locks.
+     */
     void lockSomeMessages(String lockId, Instant now, Instant lockExpires);
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes a single event log entry from the database.
+     * @param eventLog the event log entry. Only its id property is used.
+     */
     void delete(EventLog eventLog);
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes multiple event log entries.
+     * @param eventLogs A collection of event log entries.
+     *                  Only their id properties are be used.
+     */
     default void delete(Collection<EventLog> eventLogs) {
         eventLogs.forEach(this::delete);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Persists a single eventlog entry.
+     * @param eventLog the event log entry to insert into the database.
+     *                 On return, it's id property will be filled with the generated identifier.
+     */
     void persist(EventLog eventLog);
 
+    /**
+     * Persist multiple event log entries at once.
+     * @param eventLogs A collection of event logs entries.
+     *                  On return, their id properties will be filled with the generated identifiers.
+     */
     default void persist(Collection<EventLog> eventLogs) {
         eventLogs.forEach(this::persist);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Persists and immediately deletes some event log entries.
+     * This is meant to be used together with infrastructure listening to a logical DB replication stream.
+     * @param eventLogs the event log entries to be persisted and deleted.
+     */
     default void persistAndDelete(Collection<EventLog> eventLogs) {
         persist(eventLogs);
         delete(eventLogs);
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes all event log entries. This is only meant for cleanup in tests.
+     */
     void deleteAll();
 
+    /**
+     * Fetches a specific event log by its ID. This is only meant to be used in tests.
+     * @param id  the id attribute.
+     * @return the event log entry with the given ID, or null if there is none.
+     */
     EventLog findOne(Integer id);
 }