diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinCompile.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinCompile.kt
index d2580f48a5e..a8afa37e78a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinCompile.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinCompile.kt
@@ -9,20 +9,48 @@ import groovy.lang.Closure
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompilationTask
 
+/**
+ * Represents a Kotlin task compiling using configurable [kotlinOptions].
+ *
+ * See [KotlinCommonOptions] and its inheritors for possible Kotlin compiler options.
+ *
+ * **Note**: This interface is soft-deprecated and only exists for compatibility to configure Kotlin compilation options
+ * using soft-deprecated [kotlinOptions].
+ * Instead, better to use [KotlinCompilationTask] to configure Kotlin compilation options via [KotlinCompilationTask.compilerOptions].
+ *
+ * @see [KotlinCommonOptions]
+ */
 interface KotlinCompile<out T : KotlinCommonOptions> : Task {
 
+    /**
+     * Represents the compiler options used by a Kotlin compilation process.
+     *
+     * This can be used to get the values of currently configured options or modify them.
+     *
+     * The [kotlinOptions] configuration is delegated to the related task `compilerOptions` input configuration.
+     */
     @get:Internal
     val kotlinOptions: T
 
+    /**
+     * Configures the [kotlinOptions] with the provided configuration.
+     */
     fun kotlinOptions(fn: T.() -> Unit) {
         kotlinOptions.fn()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configures the [kotlinOptions] with the provided configuration.
+     */
     fun kotlinOptions(fn: Action<in T>) {
         fn.execute(kotlinOptions)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @suppress
+     */
     @Deprecated("Should be autogenerated by Gradle")
     fun kotlinOptions(fn: Closure<*>) {
         project.configure(kotlinOptions, fn)