diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/matches/significant_drop_in_scrutinee.rs b/clippy_lints/src/matches/significant_drop_in_scrutinee.rs
index 81fecc87256c..bac35e7f8c70 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/matches/significant_drop_in_scrutinee.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/matches/significant_drop_in_scrutinee.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::FxHashSet;
 use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_then;
 use clippy_utils::source::{first_line_of_span, indent_of, snippet};
 use clippy_utils::ty::{for_each_top_level_late_bound_region, is_copy};
-use clippy_utils::{get_attr, is_lint_allowed, sym};
+use clippy_utils::{get_builtin_attr, is_lint_allowed, sym};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_ast::Mutability;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxIndexSet;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> SigDropChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     fn has_sig_drop_attr_impl(&mut self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
         if let Some(adt) = ty.ty_adt_def()
-            && get_attr(
+            && get_builtin_attr(
                 self.cx.sess(),
                 self.cx.tcx.get_all_attrs(adt.did()),
                 sym::has_significant_drop,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/significant_drop_tightening.rs b/clippy_lints/src/significant_drop_tightening.rs
index dcce90649958..b4e7c771a54f 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/significant_drop_tightening.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/significant_drop_tightening.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_then;
 use clippy_utils::res::MaybeResPath;
 use clippy_utils::source::{indent_of, snippet};
-use clippy_utils::{expr_or_init, get_attr, peel_hir_expr_unary, sym};
+use clippy_utils::{expr_or_init, get_builtin_attr, peel_hir_expr_unary, sym};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxHashMap, FxIndexMap};
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::def::{DefKind, Res};
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'others, 'tcx> AttrChecker<'cx, 'others, 'tcx> {
 
     fn has_sig_drop_attr_uncached(&mut self, ty: Ty<'tcx>, depth: usize) -> bool {
         if let Some(adt) = ty.ty_adt_def() {
-            let mut iter = get_attr(
+            let mut iter = get_builtin_attr(
                 self.cx.sess(),
                 self.cx.tcx.get_all_attrs(adt.did()),
                 sym::has_significant_drop,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
index 68e51dace2db..4b157dc41142 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clippy_utils::res::MaybeQPath;
-use clippy_utils::{get_attr, higher, sym};
+use clippy_utils::{get_builtin_attr, higher, sym};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_ast::LitIntType;
 use rustc_ast::ast::{LitFloatType, LitKind};
@@ -856,5 +856,5 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> PrintVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
 
 fn has_attr(cx: &LateContext<'_>, hir_id: HirId) -> bool {
     let attrs = cx.tcx.hir_attrs(hir_id);
-    get_attr(cx.sess(), attrs, sym::author).count() > 0
+    get_builtin_attr(cx.sess(), attrs, sym::author).count() > 0
 }
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/dump_hir.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/dump_hir.rs
index d6cf07fdaf3f..b490866f0a11 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/dump_hir.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/dump_hir.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use clippy_utils::{get_attr, sym};
+use clippy_utils::{get_builtin_attr, sym};
 use hir::TraitItem;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass, LintContext};
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for DumpHir {
 
 fn has_attr(cx: &LateContext<'_>, hir_id: hir::HirId) -> bool {
     let attrs = cx.tcx.hir_attrs(hir_id);
-    get_attr(cx.sess(), attrs, sym::dump).count() > 0
+    get_builtin_attr(cx.sess(), attrs, sym::dump).count() > 0
 }
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/attrs.rs b/clippy_utils/src/attrs.rs
index b4fafc998229..671b266ba008 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/attrs.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/attrs.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//! Utility functions for attributes, including Clippy's built-in ones
+
 use crate::source::SpanRangeExt;
 use crate::{sym, tokenize_with_text};
 use rustc_ast::attr;
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_span::{Span, Symbol};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-pub fn get_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt + 'a>(
+/// Given `attrs`, extract all the instances of a built-in Clippy attribute called `name`
+pub fn get_builtin_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt + 'a>(
     sess: &'a Session,
     attrs: &'a [A],
     name: Symbol,
@@ -59,9 +62,11 @@ pub fn get_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt + 'a>(
     })
 }
 
-pub fn get_unique_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt>(sess: &'a Session, attrs: &'a [A], name: Symbol) -> Option<&'a A> {
+/// If `attrs` contain exactly one instance of a built-in Clippy attribute called `name`,
+/// returns that attribute, and `None` otherwise
+pub fn get_unique_builtin_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt>(sess: &'a Session, attrs: &'a [A], name: Symbol) -> Option<&'a A> {
     let mut unique_attr: Option<&A> = None;
-    for attr in get_attr(sess, attrs, name) {
+    for attr in get_builtin_attr(sess, attrs, name) {
         if let Some(duplicate) = unique_attr {
             sess.dcx()
                 .struct_span_err(attr.span(), format!("`{name}` is defined multiple times"))
@@ -74,13 +79,13 @@ pub fn get_unique_attr<'a, A: AttributeExt>(sess: &'a Session, attrs: &'a [A], n
     unique_attr
 }
 
-/// Returns true if the attributes contain any of `proc_macro`,
-/// `proc_macro_derive` or `proc_macro_attribute`, false otherwise
+/// Checks whether `attrs` contain any of `proc_macro`, `proc_macro_derive` or
+/// `proc_macro_attribute`
 pub fn is_proc_macro(attrs: &[impl AttributeExt]) -> bool {
     attrs.iter().any(AttributeExt::is_proc_macro_attr)
 }
 
-/// Returns true if the attributes contain `#[doc(hidden)]`
+/// Checks whether `attrs` contain `#[doc(hidden)]`
 pub fn is_doc_hidden(attrs: &[impl AttributeExt]) -> bool {
     attrs
         .iter()
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ pub fn is_doc_hidden(attrs: &[impl AttributeExt]) -> bool {
         .any(|l| attr::list_contains_name(&l, sym::hidden))
 }
 
+/// Checks whether the given ADT, or any of its fields/variants, are marked as `#[non_exhaustive]`
 pub fn has_non_exhaustive_attr(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, adt: AdtDef<'_>) -> bool {
     adt.is_variant_list_non_exhaustive()
         || find_attr!(tcx.get_all_attrs(adt.did()), AttributeKind::NonExhaustive(..))
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn has_non_exhaustive_attr(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, adt: AdtDef<'_>) -> bool {
             .any(|field_def| find_attr!(tcx.get_all_attrs(field_def.did), AttributeKind::NonExhaustive(..)))
 }
 
-/// Checks if the given span contains a `#[cfg(..)]` attribute
+/// Checks whether the given span contains a `#[cfg(..)]` attribute
 pub fn span_contains_cfg(cx: &LateContext<'_>, s: Span) -> bool {
     s.check_source_text(cx, |src| {
         let mut iter = tokenize_with_text(src);
@@ -123,6 +129,8 @@ pub fn span_contains_cfg(cx: &LateContext<'_>, s: Span) -> bool {
         false
     })
 }
+
+/// Currently used to keep track of the current value of `#[clippy::cognitive_complexity(N)]`
 pub struct LimitStack {
     default: u64,
     stack: Vec<u64>,
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ impl Drop for LimitStack {
     }
 }
 
+#[expect(missing_docs, reason = "they're all trivial...")]
 impl LimitStack {
     #[must_use]
     /// Initialize the stack starting with a default value, which usually comes from configuration
@@ -157,7 +166,7 @@ impl LimitStack {
 }
 
 fn parse_attrs<F: FnMut(u64)>(sess: &Session, attrs: &[impl AttributeExt], name: Symbol, mut f: F) {
-    for attr in get_attr(sess, attrs, name) {
+    for attr in get_builtin_attr(sess, attrs, name) {
         let Some(value) = attr.value_str() else {
             sess.dcx().span_err(attr.span(), "bad clippy attribute");
             continue;
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
index 8250104b0ca2..58aa82675aae 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern crate rustc_trait_selection;
 extern crate smallvec;
 
 pub mod ast_utils;
+#[deny(missing_docs)]
 pub mod attrs;
 mod check_proc_macro;
 pub mod comparisons;
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/macros.rs b/clippy_utils/src/macros.rs
index 7cd5a16f5b46..4e06f010bd59 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/macros.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/macros.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 
 use crate::visitors::{Descend, for_each_expr_without_closures};
-use crate::{get_unique_attr, sym};
+use crate::{get_unique_builtin_attr, sym};
 
 use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
 use rustc_ast::{FormatArgs, FormatArgument, FormatPlaceholder};
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub fn is_format_macro(cx: &LateContext<'_>, macro_def_id: DefId) -> bool {
     } else {
         // Allow users to tag any macro as being format!-like
         // TODO: consider deleting FORMAT_MACRO_DIAG_ITEMS and using just this method
-        get_unique_attr(cx.sess(), cx.tcx.get_all_attrs(macro_def_id), sym::format_args).is_some()
+        get_unique_builtin_attr(cx.sess(), cx.tcx.get_all_attrs(macro_def_id), sym::format_args).is_some()
     }
 }