diff --git a/apps/README.md b/apps/README.md
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+# Apps
+
+These are all my miscellaneous utilies and scripts to accompany this project.
+
+They can be run with:
+
+```
+nix run github:nmasur/dotfiles#appname
+```
diff --git a/colorscheme/README.md b/colorscheme/README.md
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+# Colorschemes
+
+Color information for different themes is found here. The colors are sourced
+and used with [base16](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) format
+consistently across the system.
diff --git a/disks/README.md b/disks/README.md
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+# Disks
+
+These are my [disko](https://github.com/nix-community/disko) configurations,
+which allow me to save desired disk formatting layouts as a declarative file so
+I don't have to remember how to format my disks later on.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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+# Documentation
+
+Reference documents for some of the more complicated services and maintenance
+tasks.
diff --git a/hosts/README.md b/hosts/README.md
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 # Hosts
 
+These are the individual machines managed by this flake.
+
 | Host                                       | Purpose             |
 | ---                                        | ---                 |
 | [aws](./aws/default.nix)                   | AWS AMI             |
diff --git a/misc/README.md b/misc/README.md
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+# Miscellaneous
+
+These files contain important data sourced by the configuration, or simply
+information to store for safekeeping later.
+
+---
+
+Creating hashed password for [password.sha512](./password.sha512):
+
+```
+mkpasswd -m sha-512
+```
+
+---
+
+Getting key for [public-keys](./public-keys):
+
+```
+ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 <hostname>
+```
+
diff --git a/modules/README.md b/modules/README.md
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 | [common](./common/default.nix) | User programs and OS-agnostic configuration |
 | [darwin](./darwin/default.nix) | macOS-specific configuration                |
 | [nixos](./nixos/default.nix)   | NixOS-specific configuration                |
+| [wsl](./wsl/default.nix)       | WSL-specific configuration                  |
 
diff --git a/overlays/README.md b/overlays/README.md
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+# Overlays
+
+These are pinned commits, patches, or new packages for programs in Nixpkgs used
+by this flake configuration.
+
+Some of them introduce new functionality, while others could be patching
+temporary issues.
diff --git a/templates/README.md b/templates/README.md
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+# Templates
+
+These are new flakes that can be generated quickly using:
+
+```
+nix flake init -t github:nmasur/dotfiles#mytemplate
+```
+