diff --git a/cryptobyte/asn1.go b/cryptobyte/asn1.go
index 88ec8b4..bb094a5 100644
--- a/cryptobyte/asn1.go
+++ b/cryptobyte/asn1.go
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ func (b *Builder) AddASN1(tag asn1.Tag, f BuilderContinuation) {
 
 // String
 
+// ReadASN1Boolean decodes an ASN.1 INTEGER and converts it to a boolean
+// representation into out and advances. It reports whether the read
+// was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1Boolean(out *bool) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	if !s.ReadASN1(&bytes, asn1.INTEGER) || len(bytes) != 1 {
@@ -245,8 +248,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1Boolean(out *bool) bool {
 var bigIntType = reflect.TypeOf((*big.Int)(nil)).Elem()
 
 // ReadASN1Integer decodes an ASN.1 INTEGER into out and advances. If out does
-// not point to an integer or to a big.Int, it panics. It returns true on
-// success and false on error.
+// not point to an integer or to a big.Int, it panics. It reports whether the
+// read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1Integer(out interface{}) bool {
 	if reflect.TypeOf(out).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
 		panic("out is not a pointer")
@@ -359,8 +362,8 @@ func asn1Unsigned(out *uint64, n []byte) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// ReadASN1Enum decodes an ASN.1 ENUMERATION into out and advances. It returns
-// true on success and false on error.
+// ReadASN1Enum decodes an ASN.1 ENUMERATION into out and advances. It reports
+// whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1Enum(out *int) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	var i int64
@@ -392,7 +395,7 @@ func (s *String) readBase128Int(out *int) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadASN1ObjectIdentifier decodes an ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER into out and
-// advances. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// advances. It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1ObjectIdentifier(out *encoding_asn1.ObjectIdentifier) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	if !s.ReadASN1(&bytes, asn1.OBJECT_IDENTIFIER) || len(bytes) == 0 {
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1ObjectIdentifier(out *encoding_asn1.ObjectIdentifier) b
 }
 
 // ReadASN1GeneralizedTime decodes an ASN.1 GENERALIZEDTIME into out and
-// advances. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// advances. It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1GeneralizedTime(out *time.Time) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	if !s.ReadASN1(&bytes, asn1.GeneralizedTime) {
@@ -449,8 +452,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1GeneralizedTime(out *time.Time) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// ReadASN1BitString decodes an ASN.1 BIT STRING into out and advances. It
-// returns true on success and false on error.
+// ReadASN1BitString decodes an ASN.1 BIT STRING into out and advances.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1BitString(out *encoding_asn1.BitString) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	if !s.ReadASN1(&bytes, asn1.BIT_STRING) || len(bytes) == 0 {
@@ -471,8 +474,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1BitString(out *encoding_asn1.BitString) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadASN1BitString decodes an ASN.1 BIT STRING into out and advances. It is
-// an error if the BIT STRING is not a whole number of bytes. This function
-// returns true on success and false on error.
+// an error if the BIT STRING is not a whole number of bytes. It reports
+// whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1BitStringAsBytes(out *[]byte) bool {
 	var bytes String
 	if !s.ReadASN1(&bytes, asn1.BIT_STRING) || len(bytes) == 0 {
@@ -489,14 +492,14 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1BitStringAsBytes(out *[]byte) bool {
 
 // ReadASN1Bytes reads the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1 element (not including
 // tag and length bytes) into out, and advances. The element must match the
-// given tag. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// given tag. It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadASN1Bytes(out *[]byte, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	return s.ReadASN1((*String)(out), tag)
 }
 
 // ReadASN1 reads the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1 element (not including
 // tag and length bytes) into out, and advances. The element must match the
-// given tag. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// given tag. It reports whether the read was successful.
 //
 // Tags greater than 30 are not supported (i.e. low-tag-number format only).
 func (s *String) ReadASN1(out *String, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
@@ -509,7 +512,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1(out *String, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 
 // ReadASN1Element reads the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1 element (including
 // tag and length bytes) into out, and advances. The element must match the
-// given tag. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// given tag. It reports whether the read was successful.
 //
 // Tags greater than 30 are not supported (i.e. low-tag-number format only).
 func (s *String) ReadASN1Element(out *String, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
@@ -521,8 +524,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1Element(out *String, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadAnyASN1 reads the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1 element (not including
-// tag and length bytes) into out, sets outTag to its tag, and advances. It
-// returns true on success and false on error.
+// tag and length bytes) into out, sets outTag to its tag, and advances.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 //
 // Tags greater than 30 are not supported (i.e. low-tag-number format only).
 func (s *String) ReadAnyASN1(out *String, outTag *asn1.Tag) bool {
@@ -531,14 +534,14 @@ func (s *String) ReadAnyASN1(out *String, outTag *asn1.Tag) bool {
 
 // ReadAnyASN1Element reads the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1 element
 // (including tag and length bytes) into out, sets outTag to is tag, and
-// advances. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// advances. It reports whether the read was successful.
 //
 // Tags greater than 30 are not supported (i.e. low-tag-number format only).
 func (s *String) ReadAnyASN1Element(out *String, outTag *asn1.Tag) bool {
 	return s.readASN1(out, outTag, false /* include header */)
 }
 
-// PeekASN1Tag returns true if the next ASN.1 value on the string starts with
+// PeekASN1Tag reports whether the next ASN.1 value on the string starts with
 // the given tag.
 func (s String) PeekASN1Tag(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	if len(s) == 0 {
@@ -547,7 +550,8 @@ func (s String) PeekASN1Tag(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	return asn1.Tag(s[0]) == tag
 }
 
-// SkipASN1 reads and discards an ASN.1 element with the given tag.
+// SkipASN1 reads and discards an ASN.1 element with the given tag. It
+// reports whether the operation was successful.
 func (s *String) SkipASN1(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	var unused String
 	return s.ReadASN1(&unused, tag)
@@ -556,7 +560,7 @@ func (s *String) SkipASN1(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 // ReadOptionalASN1 attempts to read the contents of a DER-encoded ASN.1
 // element (not including tag and length bytes) tagged with the given tag into
 // out. It stores whether an element with the tag was found in outPresent,
-// unless outPresent is nil. It returns true on success and false on error.
+// unless outPresent is nil. It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1(out *String, outPresent *bool, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	present := s.PeekASN1Tag(tag)
 	if outPresent != nil {
@@ -569,7 +573,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1(out *String, outPresent *bool, tag asn1.Tag) b
 }
 
 // SkipOptionalASN1 advances s over an ASN.1 element with the given tag, or
-// else leaves s unchanged.
+// else leaves s unchanged. It reports whether the operation was successful.
 func (s *String) SkipOptionalASN1(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	if !s.PeekASN1Tag(tag) {
 		return true
@@ -581,8 +585,8 @@ func (s *String) SkipOptionalASN1(tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 // ReadOptionalASN1Integer attempts to read an optional ASN.1 INTEGER
 // explicitly tagged with tag into out and advances. If no element with a
 // matching tag is present, it writes defaultValue into out instead. If out
-// does not point to an integer or to a big.Int, it panics. It returns true on
-// success and false on error.
+// does not point to an integer or to a big.Int, it panics. It reports
+// whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1Integer(out interface{}, tag asn1.Tag, defaultValue interface{}) bool {
 	if reflect.TypeOf(out).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
 		panic("out is not a pointer")
@@ -619,8 +623,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1Integer(out interface{}, tag asn1.Tag, defaultV
 
 // ReadOptionalASN1OctetString attempts to read an optional ASN.1 OCTET STRING
 // explicitly tagged with tag into out and advances. If no element with a
-// matching tag is present, it writes defaultValue into out instead. It returns
-// true on success and false on error.
+// matching tag is present, it writes defaultValue into out instead. It reports
+// whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1OctetString(out *[]byte, outPresent *bool, tag asn1.Tag) bool {
 	var present bool
 	var child String
@@ -644,6 +648,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1OctetString(out *[]byte, outPresent *bool, tag
 
 // ReadOptionalASN1Boolean sets *out to the value of the next ASN.1 BOOLEAN or,
 // if the next bytes are not an ASN.1 BOOLEAN, to the value of defaultValue.
+// It reports whether the operation was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadOptionalASN1Boolean(out *bool, defaultValue bool) bool {
 	var present bool
 	var child String
diff --git a/cryptobyte/string.go b/cryptobyte/string.go
index 7636fb9..39bf98a 100644
--- a/cryptobyte/string.go
+++ b/cryptobyte/string.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func (s *String) Skip(n int) bool {
 	return s.read(n) != nil
 }
 
-// ReadUint8 decodes an 8-bit value into out and advances over it. It
-// returns true on success and false on error.
+// ReadUint8 decodes an 8-bit value into out and advances over it.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint8(out *uint8) bool {
 	v := s.read(1)
 	if v == nil {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadUint8(out *uint8) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadUint16 decodes a big-endian, 16-bit value into out and advances over it.
-// It returns true on success and false on error.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint16(out *uint16) bool {
 	v := s.read(2)
 	if v == nil {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadUint16(out *uint16) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadUint24 decodes a big-endian, 24-bit value into out and advances over it.
-// It returns true on success and false on error.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint24(out *uint32) bool {
 	v := s.read(3)
 	if v == nil {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadUint24(out *uint32) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadUint32 decodes a big-endian, 32-bit value into out and advances over it.
-// It returns true on success and false on error.
+// It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint32(out *uint32) bool {
 	v := s.read(4)
 	if v == nil {
@@ -119,28 +119,27 @@ func (s *String) readLengthPrefixed(lenLen int, outChild *String) bool {
 }
 
 // ReadUint8LengthPrefixed reads the content of an 8-bit length-prefixed value
-// into out and advances over it. It returns true on success and false on
-// error.
+// into out and advances over it. It reports whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint8LengthPrefixed(out *String) bool {
 	return s.readLengthPrefixed(1, out)
 }
 
 // ReadUint16LengthPrefixed reads the content of a big-endian, 16-bit
-// length-prefixed value into out and advances over it. It returns true on
-// success and false on error.
+// length-prefixed value into out and advances over it. It reports whether the
+// read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint16LengthPrefixed(out *String) bool {
 	return s.readLengthPrefixed(2, out)
 }
 
 // ReadUint24LengthPrefixed reads the content of a big-endian, 24-bit
-// length-prefixed value into out and advances over it. It returns true on
-// success and false on error.
+// length-prefixed value into out and advances over it. It reports whether
+// the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadUint24LengthPrefixed(out *String) bool {
 	return s.readLengthPrefixed(3, out)
 }
 
-// ReadBytes reads n bytes into out and advances over them. It returns true on
-// success and false and error.
+// ReadBytes reads n bytes into out and advances over them. It reports
+// whether the read was successful.
 func (s *String) ReadBytes(out *[]byte, n int) bool {
 	v := s.read(n)
 	if v == nil {
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@ func (s *String) ReadBytes(out *[]byte, n int) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// CopyBytes copies len(out) bytes into out and advances over them. It returns
-// true on success and false on error.
+// CopyBytes copies len(out) bytes into out and advances over them. It reports
+// whether the copy operation was successful
 func (s *String) CopyBytes(out []byte) bool {
 	n := len(out)
 	v := s.read(n)