diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/__init__.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/__init__.py
index fd9f7229550..082295dbfc7 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/__init__.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+"""Package for the module status server."""
 from .server import ModuleStatusServer
-from .client import ModuleServerClient
-
+from .client import ModuleStatusClient
 
 __all__ = [
     "ModuleStatusServer",
-    "ModuleServerClient",
+    "ModuleStatusClient",
 ]
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/client.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/client.py
index 4749ef68f10..b1051861fc6 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/client.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/client.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ModuleServerClientError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class ModuleServerClient:
+class ModuleStatusClient:
     """A module server client."""
 
     def __init__(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async def connect(
         port: int,
         retries: int = 3,
         interval_seconds: float = 0.1,
-    ) -> ModuleServerClient:
+    ) -> ModuleStatusClient:
         """Connect to the module server.
 
         Args:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async def connect(
                 await asyncio.sleep(interval_seconds)
 
         if r is not None and w is not None:
-            return ModuleServerClient(reader=r, writer=w)
+            return ModuleStatusClient(reader=r, writer=w)
         else:
             raise IOError(
                 f"Failed to connect to module_server at after {retries} retries."
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/helpers.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/helpers.py
index cd075a91727..ad4e7ffbabe 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/helpers.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/helpers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+"""Utililty methods and classes for interacting with the Module Status Server."""
+
 import asyncio
 from typing import Sequence, Set, Callable, List, Awaitable
 
 from opentrons.drivers.rpi_drivers.types import USBPort
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server.client import (
-    ModuleServerClient,
+    ModuleStatusClient,
     ModuleServerClientError,
 )
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server.models import Message
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ async def listen_module_connection(callback: NotifyMethod) -> None:
     """Listen for module emulator connections."""
     settings = Settings()
     try:
-        client = await ModuleServerClient.connect(
+        client = await ModuleStatusClient.connect(
             host=settings.module_server.host,
             port=settings.module_server.port,
             interval_seconds=1.0,
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ async def listen_module_connection(callback: NotifyMethod) -> None:
 class ModuleListener:
     """Provide a callback for listening for new and removed module connections."""
 
-    def __init__(self, client: ModuleServerClient, notify_method: NotifyMethod) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, client: ModuleStatusClient, notify_method: NotifyMethod) -> None:
         """Constructor.
 
         Args:
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ def _next_index() -> int:
 
 
 async def wait_emulators(
-    client: ModuleServerClient,
+    client: ModuleStatusClient,
     modules: Sequence[ModuleType],
     timeout: float,
 ) -> None:
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ async def wait_emulators(
         asyncio.TimeoutError on timeout.
     """
 
-    async def _wait_modules(cl: ModuleServerClient, module_set: Set[str]) -> None:
+    async def _wait_modules(cl: ModuleStatusClient, module_set: Set[str]) -> None:
         """Read messages from module server waiting for modules in module_set to
         be connected."""
         while module_set:
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/models.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/models.py
index f2c4b0c598e..05363bfc109 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/models.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/models.py
@@ -2,19 +2,30 @@
 
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 
-class Connection(BaseModel):
+class ModuleConnection(BaseModel):
     """Model a single module connection."""
 
-    url: str
-    module_type: str
-    identifier: str
+    url: str = Field(
+        ...,
+        description="The url (port) value the module driver should connect to. "
+        "For example: socket://host:port",
+    )
+    module_type: str = Field(
+        ..., description="What kind of module this connection emulates."
+    )
+    identifier: str = Field(..., description="Unique id for this emulator.")
 
 
 class Message(BaseModel):
     """A message sent to module server clients."""
 
-    status: Literal["connected", "disconnected", "dump"]
-    connections: List[Connection]
+    status: Literal["connected", "disconnected", "dump"] = Field(
+        ...,
+        description="`dump` includes a complete list of connected emulators. "
+        "`connected` for new connections. `disconnected` for emulators "
+        "that have disconnected.  ",
+    )
+    connections: List[ModuleConnection]
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/server.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/server.py
index 13da6410392..5a3d696eb7b 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/server.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/server.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+"""Server notifying of module connections."""
 import asyncio
 import logging
 from typing import Dict, Set
 
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server.models import (
-    Connection,
+    ModuleConnection,
     Message,
 )
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.proxy import ProxyListener
@@ -16,7 +17,11 @@
 
 
 class ModuleStatusServer(ProxyListener):
-    """Server notifying of module connections."""
+    """The module status server is the emulator equivalent of inotify. A client
+    can know when an emulated module connects or disconnects.
+
+    Clients connect and read JSON messages (See models module).
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, settings: ModuleServerSettings) -> None:
         """Constructor
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, settings: ModuleServerSettings) -> None:
             settings: app settings
         """
         self._settings = settings
-        self._connections: Dict[str, Connection] = {}
+        self._connections: Dict[str, ModuleConnection] = {}
         self._clients: Set[asyncio.StreamWriter] = set()
 
     def on_server_connected(
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ def on_server_connected(
 
         """
         log.info(f"On connected {server_type} {client_uri} {identifier}")
-        connection = Connection(
+        connection = ModuleConnection(
             module_type=server_type, url=client_uri, identifier=identifier
         )
         self._connections[identifier] = connection
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ async def _handle_connection(
         """Handle a client connection to the server."""
         log.info("Client connected to module server.")
 
+        # A client connected. Send a dump of all connected modules.
         m = Message(status="dump", connections=list(self._connections.values()))
 
         writer.write(m.json().encode())
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/proxy.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/proxy.py
index 3ebc94a961a..0dfbb2e2eb6 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/proxy.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/proxy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""The Proxy class module."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 import logging
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Connection:
-    """A connection."""
+    """Attributes of a client connected on the server port (module emulator)."""
 
     identifier: str
     reader: asyncio.StreamReader
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ class Connection:
 
 
 class ProxyListener(ABC):
+    """Interface defining an object needing to know when a server (module emulator)
+    connected/disconnected."""
+
     @abstractmethod
     def on_server_connected(
         self, server_type: str, client_uri: str, identifier: str
diff --git a/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/test_helpers.py b/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/test_helpers.py
index a8852860db6..441917b8236 100644
--- a/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/test_helpers.py
+++ b/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/emulation/module_server/test_helpers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from opentrons.drivers.rpi_drivers.types import USBPort
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server import (
     helpers,
-    ModuleServerClient,
+    ModuleStatusClient,
 )
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server import models
 from opentrons.hardware_control.modules import ModuleAtPort
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def mock_callback() -> AsyncMock:
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_client() -> AsyncMock:
     """Mock client."""
-    return AsyncMock(spec=ModuleServerClient)
+    return AsyncMock(spec=ModuleStatusClient)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ def subject(mock_callback: AsyncMock, mock_client: AsyncMock) -> helpers.ModuleL
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def connections() -> List[models.Connection]:
+def connections() -> List[models.ModuleConnection]:
     """Connection models."""
     return [
-        models.Connection(
+        models.ModuleConnection(
             url=f"url{i}", module_type=f"module_type{i}", identifier=f"identifier{i}"
         )
         for i in range(5)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_connected_empty(
 async def test_handle_message_connected_one(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to add."""
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_connected_one(
 async def test_handle_message_connected_many(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to add."""
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_disconnected_empty(
 async def test_handle_message_disconnected_one(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to remove."""
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_disconnected_one(
 async def test_handle_message_disconnected_many(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to remove."""
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_dump_empty(
 async def test_handle_message_dump_one(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to load."""
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async def test_handle_message_dump_one(
 async def test_handle_message_dump_many(
     subject: helpers.ModuleListener,
     mock_callback: AsyncMock,
-    connections: List[models.Connection],
+    connections: List[models.ModuleConnection],
     modules_at_port: List[ModuleAtPort],
 ) -> None:
     """It should call the call back with the correct modules to load."""
diff --git a/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/integration/conftest.py b/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/integration/conftest.py
index 6590766fa34..742413da920 100644
--- a/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/api/tests/opentrons/hardware_control/integration/conftest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import pytest
 import asyncio
 
-from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server import ModuleServerClient
+from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server import ModuleStatusClient
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.module_server.helpers import wait_emulators
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.scripts import run_app
 from opentrons.hardware_control.emulation.types import ModuleType
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _run_app() -> None:
         asyncio.run(run_app.run(emulator_settings, modules=[m.value for m in modules]))
 
     async def _wait_ready() -> None:
-        c = await ModuleServerClient.connect(
+        c = await ModuleStatusClient.connect(
             host="localhost",
             port=emulator_settings.module_server.port,
             interval_seconds=1,