Index: Cargo.toml
==================================================================
--- Cargo.toml
+++ Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 tokio = ["dep:tokio", "dep:async-trait"]
 tracing = ["dep:tracing"]
 watchdog = ["dep:parking_lot"]
 
 [dependencies]
-async-trait = { version = "0.1.82", optional = true }
+async-trait = { version = "0.1.83", optional = true }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.3", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["rt"], optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", optional = true }
 ump = { version = "0.13.0" }
 
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
+[lints.clippy]
+all = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+pedantic = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
+nursery = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
+cargo = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
+

Index: bacon.toml
==================================================================
--- bacon.toml
+++ bacon.toml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 # For information about clippy lints, see:
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/README.md
 
 #default_job = "check"
-default_job = "clippy-all-pedantic"
+default_job = "clippy-all"
 
 [jobs.check]
 command = ["cargo", "check", "--color", "always"]
 need_stdout = false
 
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 
 # Run clippy on the default target
 [jobs.clippy]
 command = [
     "cargo", "clippy",
+    "--all-features",
     "--color", "always",
 ]
 need_stdout = false
 
 # Run clippy on all targets
@@ -41,37 +42,13 @@
 #    ]
 # need_stdout = false
 [jobs.clippy-all]
 command = [
     "cargo", "clippy",
-    "--all-targets",
-    "--color", "always",
-]
-need_stdout = false
-
-[jobs.clippy-pedantic]
-command = [
-    "cargo", "clippy",
-    "--color", "always",
-    "--",
-    "-Wclippy::all",
-    "-Wclippy::pedantic",
-    "-Wclippy::nursery",
-    "-Wclippy::cargo"
-]
-need_stdout = false
-
-[jobs.clippy-all-pedantic]
-command = [
-    "cargo", "clippy",
-    "--all-targets",
-    "--color", "always",
-    "--",
-    "-Wclippy::all",
-    "-Wclippy::pedantic",
-    "-Wclippy::nursery",
-    "-Wclippy::cargo"
+    "--all-features",
+    "--all-targets",
+    "--color", "always",
 ]
 need_stdout = false
 
 # This job lets you run
 # - all tests: bacon test

Index: src/lib.rs
==================================================================
--- src/lib.rs
+++ src/lib.rs
@@ -44,10 +44,23 @@
 //! If the dispatch loop should terminate once all the application's client
 //! end-points have been dropped, then the handler can store a [`WeakClient`]
 //! instead (as storing a cloned [`Client`] object will preventing the dispatch
 //! loop from terminating due to all clients being lost).  The examples in the
 //! [`task`] and [`thread`] modules illustrate how to do this.
+//!
+//! ## Generics
+//! When a new handler is created, it needs to define the generic type
+//! parameters:
+//!
+//! - `S` - sent from the client to the server handler when making requests.
+//! - `R` - replies sent back to the client from the server handler using.
+//!   [`ReplyContext::reply()`].
+//! - `E` - errors returned from server handler to requestor through
+//!   [`ReplyContext::fail()`] (and also returned by the server handler
+//!   construction closure).
+//! - `RV` - return type the server handler can use to pass termination data
+//!   back to the dispatch loop creator once it terminates.
 
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
 
 #[cfg(feature = "watchdog")]
 mod wdog;

Index: src/task.rs
==================================================================
--- src/task.rs
+++ src/task.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 use super::{channel, Client, ReplyContext};
 
 /// Message processing trait for an async handler.
+///
+/// See top module documentation for more information about [application
+/// message handlers](crate#application-message-handlers).
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait Handler<S, R, E, RV> {
   /// Optional initialization callback.
   ///
   /// This is called on the dispatcher task before the main message dispatch
@@ -107,13 +110,16 @@
   }
 }
 
 /// Run a task which will process incoming messages from an ump server
 /// end-point.
+///
+/// `hbldr` is a closure that should spawn a [`Handler`].
 ///
 /// See top module's documentation for an overview of the [dispatch
-/// loop](crate#dispatch-loop).
+/// loop](crate#dispatch-loop) and what the [generic
+/// parameters](crate#generics) are for.
 ///
 /// # Errors
 /// An application-defined error `E` is returned if the dispatch loop is
 /// terminated by a handler returning `ControlFlow::Break(E)`.
 #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]

Index: src/thread.rs
==================================================================
--- src/thread.rs
+++ src/thread.rs
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@
 use std::{ops::ControlFlow, thread};
 
 use super::{channel, Client, ReplyContext};
 
 /// Message processing trait for a threaded handler.
+///
+/// See top module documentation for more information about [application
+/// message handlers](crate#application-message-handlers).
 pub trait Handler<S, R, E, RV> {
   /// Optional initialization callback.
   ///
   /// This is called on the dispatcher thread before the main message
   /// dispatch loop is entered.
@@ -98,13 +101,16 @@
   }
 }
 
 /// Run a thread which will process incoming messages from an ump server
 /// end-point.
+///
+/// `hbldr` is a closure that should spawn a [`Handler`].
 ///
 /// See top module's documentation for an overview of the [dispatch
-/// loop](crate#dispatch-loop).
+/// loop](crate#dispatch-loop) and what the [generic
+/// parameters](crate#generics) are for.
 ///
 /// # Errors
 /// An application-defined error `E` is returned if the dispatch loop is
 /// terminated by a handler returning `ControlFlow::Break(E)`.
 #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]