diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Throwable.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Throwable.kt
index da433fb5ef2..6ceaaca044a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Throwable.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Throwable.kt
@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@ public open class Throwable(open val message: String?, open val cause: Throwable
         getStackTraceStrings(stackTrace).freeze()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of stack trace strings representing the stack trace
+     * pertaining to this throwable.
+     */
     public fun getStackTrace(): Array<String> = stackTraceStrings
 
-    internal fun Throwable.getStackTraceAddressesInternal(): List<Long> =
+    internal fun getStackTraceAddressesInternal(): List<Long> =
             (0 until stackTrace.size).map { index -> stackTrace[index].toLong() }
 
+    /**
+     * Prints the stack trace of this throwable to the standard output.
+     */
     public fun printStackTrace(): Unit = dumpStackTrace { println(it) }
 
     internal fun dumpStackTrace(): String = buildString {
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/ThrowableExtensions.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/ThrowableExtensions.kt
index 7093cf861d5..57d4548effd 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/ThrowableExtensions.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/ThrowableExtensions.kt
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
  */
 package kotlin.native
 
+/**
+ * Returns a list of stack trace addresses representing the stack trace
+ * pertaining to this throwable.
+ */
 public fun Throwable.getStackTraceAddresses(): List<Long> =
         this.getStackTraceAddressesInternal()