diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/datatypes.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/datatypes.rs
index de9e8408..0b3243a7 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/datatypes.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/datatypes.rs
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ impl NativeType {
             Mixed(_, _) => "geoarrow.geometry",
             GeometryCollection(_, _) => "geoarrow.geometrycollection",
             Rect(_) => "geoarrow.box",
-            Geometry(_) => "geoarrow.unknown",
+            Geometry(_) => "geoarrow.geometry",
         }
     }
 
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ fn parse_multi_polygon(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_geometry(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
+fn parse_mixed(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
     match field.data_type() {
         DataType::Union(fields, _) => {
             let mut coord_types: HashSet<CoordType> = HashSet::new();
@@ -927,13 +927,13 @@ fn parse_geometry_collection(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
     // We need to parse the _inner_ type of the geometry collection as a union so that we can check
     // what coordinate type it's using.
     match field.data_type() {
-        DataType::List(inner_field) => match parse_geometry(inner_field)? {
+        DataType::List(inner_field) => match parse_mixed(inner_field)? {
             NativeType::Mixed(coord_type, dim) => {
                 Ok(NativeType::GeometryCollection(coord_type, dim))
             }
             _ => panic!(),
         },
-        DataType::LargeList(inner_field) => match parse_geometry(inner_field)? {
+        DataType::LargeList(inner_field) => match parse_mixed(inner_field)? {
             NativeType::Mixed(coord_type, dim) => {
                 Ok(NativeType::GeometryCollection(coord_type, dim))
             }
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ fn parse_rect(field: &Field) -> NativeType {
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_unknown(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
+fn parse_geometry(field: &Field) -> Result<NativeType> {
     if let DataType::Union(fields, _mode) = field.data_type() {
         let mut coord_types: HashSet<CoordType> = HashSet::new();
 
@@ -1090,10 +1090,10 @@ impl TryFrom<&Field> for NativeType {
                 "geoarrow.multipoint" => parse_multi_point(field)?,
                 "geoarrow.multilinestring" => parse_multi_linestring(field)?,
                 "geoarrow.multipolygon" => parse_multi_polygon(field)?,
-                "geoarrow.geometry" => parse_geometry(field)?,
                 "geoarrow.geometrycollection" => parse_geometry_collection(field)?,
                 "geoarrow.box" => parse_rect(field),
-                "geoarrow.unknown" => parse_unknown(field)?,
+                "geoarrow.geometry" => parse_geometry(field)?,
+                // "geoarrow.geometry" => parse_mixed(field)?,
                 name => return Err(GeoArrowError::General(format!("Expected GeoArrow native type, got '{}'.\nIf you're passing a serialized GeoArrow type like 'geoarrow.wkb' or 'geoarrow.wkt', you need to parse to a native representation.", name))),
             };
             Ok(data_type)
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/crs.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/crs.rs
index 55424de0..e391cad4 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/crs.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/crs.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//! Defines CRS transforms used for writing GeoArrow data to file formats that require different
+//! CRS representations.
+
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use serde_json::Value;
@@ -51,7 +54,9 @@ pub trait CRSTransform: Debug {
     }
 }
 
-/// A default implementation for [CRSTransform] which errors on any CRS conversion.
+/// A default implementation for [CRSTransform] which does not do any CRS conversion.
+///
+/// Instead of raising an error, this will **silently drop any CRS information when writing data**.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct DefaultCRSTransform {}
 
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/mod.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/mod.rs
index 5d0c94fa..fc63844f 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,46 @@
 //! Read from and write to CSV files.
+//!
+//! # Examples
+//!
+//! ```
+//! use std::io::{Cursor, Seek};
+//!
+//! use arrow_array::RecordBatchReader;
+//!
+//! use crate::array::CoordType;
+//! use crate::io::csv::{infer_csv_schema, read_csv, CSVReaderOptions};
+//! use crate::table::Table;
+//!
+//! let s = r#"
+//! address,type,datetime,report location,incident number
+//! 904 7th Av,Car Fire,05/22/2019 12:55:00 PM,POINT (-122.329051 47.6069),F190051945
+//! 9610 53rd Av S,Aid Response,05/22/2019 12:55:00 PM,POINT (-122.266529 47.515984),F190051946"#;
+//! let mut cursor = Cursor::new(s);
+//!
+//! let options = CSVReaderOptions {
+//!     coord_type: CoordType::Separated,
+//!     geometry_column_name: Some("report location".to_string()),
+//!     has_header: Some(true),
+//!     ..Default::default()
+//! };
+//!
+//! // Note: this initial schema currently represents the CSV data _on disk_. That is, the
+//! // geometry column is represented as a string. This may change in the future.
+//! let (schema, _read_records, _geometry_column_name) =
+//!     infer_csv_schema(&mut cursor, &options).unwrap();
+//! cursor.rewind().unwrap();
+//!
+//! // `read_csv` returns a RecordBatchReader, which enables streaming the CSV without reading
+//! // all of it.
+//! let record_batch_reader = read_csv(cursor, schema, options).unwrap();
+//! let geospatial_schema = record_batch_reader.schema();
+//! let table = Table::try_new(
+//!     record_batch_reader.collect::<Result<_, _>>().unwrap(),
+//!     geospatial_schema,
+//! )
+//! .unwrap();
+//! ```
+//!
 
 pub use reader::{infer_csv_schema, read_csv, CSVReaderOptions};
 pub use writer::write_csv;
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/reader.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/reader.rs
index 73317bcc..8fae0d8d 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/reader.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/csv/reader.rs
@@ -95,29 +95,34 @@ impl Default for CSVReaderOptions {
     }
 }
 
-/// Infer a CSV file's schema
+/// Infer a CSV file's schema.
+///
+/// By default, the reader will **scan the entire CSV file** to infer the data's
+/// schema. If your data is large, you can limit the number of records scanned
+/// with the [CSVReaderOptions].
+///
 /// Returns (Schema, records_read, geometry column name)
 ///
 /// Note that the geometry column in the Schema is still left as a String.
 pub fn infer_csv_schema(
     reader: impl Read,
     options: &CSVReaderOptions,
-) -> Result<(Schema, usize, String)> {
+) -> Result<(SchemaRef, usize, String)> {
     let format = options.to_format();
     let (schema, records_read) = format.infer_schema(reader, options.max_records)?;
 
     let geometry_col_name = find_geometry_column(&schema, options.geometry_column_name.as_deref())?;
 
-    Ok((schema, records_read, geometry_col_name))
+    Ok((Arc::new(schema), records_read, geometry_col_name))
 }
 
-/// Read a CSV file to a Table
+/// Read a CSV file to a [RecordBatchReader].
 ///
 /// This expects a geometry to be encoded as WKT within one column.
 ///
-/// Note that this is Read and not Read + Seek. This means that you must infer the schema yourself
-/// before calling this function. This allows using with objects that are only `Read` in the case
-/// when you already know the file's schema.
+/// Note that the input required here is [`Read`] and not [`Read`] + [`Seek`][std::io::Seek]. This
+/// means that you must infer the schema yourself before calling this function. This allows using
+/// with objects that are only `Read` in the case when you already know the file's schema.
 ///
 /// This schema is expected to be the schema inferred by `arrow-csv`'s
 /// [`infer_schema`][Format::infer_schema]. That means the geometry should be a string in the
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/gdal/mod.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/gdal/mod.rs
index a6d363c8..7981536d 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/gdal/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/gdal/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//! Read-only integration with [GDAL][gdal].
+
 mod reader;
 
 pub use reader::read_gdal;
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/geos/mod.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/geos/mod.rs
index aced9efe..cf2f6c8b 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/geos/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/geos/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 //! Export to and import from data structures of the [`geos`] crate.
 
 mod array;
-pub mod scalar;
+pub(crate) mod scalar;
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/mod.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/mod.rs
index 5f450c88..38eeadd3 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 pub mod crs;
 #[cfg(feature = "csv")]
 pub mod csv;
-pub mod display;
+pub(crate) mod display;
 #[cfg(feature = "flatgeobuf")]
 pub mod flatgeobuf;
 #[cfg(feature = "gdal")]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub mod gdal;
 pub mod geojson;
 pub mod geojson_lines;
 #[cfg(feature = "geos")]
-pub mod geos;
+pub(crate) mod geos;
 pub mod geozero;
 pub mod ipc;
 #[cfg(feature = "parquet")]
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/shapefile/mod.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/shapefile/mod.rs
index ac1f77ff..868124c5 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/shapefile/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/shapefile/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+//! Read from [Shapefile](https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/sitecore-archive/Files/Pdfs/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf) datasets.
+//!
+//! This wraps the [shapefile] crate.
+
 mod reader;
 mod scalar;
 
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/stream.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/stream.rs
index 19534e91..7076f51c 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/io/stream.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/io/stream.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use crate::table::Table;
 use arrow_array::{RecordBatchIterator, RecordBatchReader as _RecordBatchReader};
 use arrow_schema::SchemaRef;
 
-/// A newtype wrapper around an [arrow_array::RecordBatchReader] so that we can impl the
-/// [geozero::GeozeroDatasource] trait.
+/// A newtype wrapper around an [`arrow_array::RecordBatchReader`] so that we can implement the
+/// [`geozero::GeozeroDatasource`] trait on it.
 pub struct RecordBatchReader(Option<Box<dyn _RecordBatchReader>>);
 
 impl RecordBatchReader {
diff --git a/rust/geoarrow/src/table.rs b/rust/geoarrow/src/table.rs
index 9bc87bb6..d35fbb9c 100644
--- a/rust/geoarrow/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/geoarrow/src/table.rs
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ pub(crate) static GEOARROW_EXTENSION_NAMES: Set<&'static str> = phf_set! {
     "geoarrow.geometrycollection",
     "geoarrow.wkb",
     "geoarrow.wkt",
-    "geoarrow.unknown",
     "ogc.wkb",
 };
 
-/// An Arrow table that MAY contain one or more geospatial columns.
+/// An Arrow table that may contain one or more geospatial columns.
 ///
 /// This Table object is designed to be interoperable with non-geospatial Arrow libraries, and thus
 /// does not _require_ a geometry column.