diff --git a/docs/internals.rst b/docs/internals.rst
index a2b160b7..20210ede 100644
--- a/docs/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/internals.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,48 @@ Stream Classes
 
 .. currentmodule:: mitogen.core
 
-.. autoclass:: BasicStream
-   :members:
+.. class:: BasicStream
+
+    .. data:: receive_side
+
+        A :py:class:`Side` representing the stream's receive file descriptor.
+
+    .. data:: transcmit_side
+
+        A :py:class:`Side` representing the stream's transmit file descriptor.
+
+    .. method:: on_disconnect (broker)
+
+        Called by :py:class:`Broker` to force disconnect the stream. The base
+        implementation simply closes :py:attr:`receive_side` and
+        :py:attr:`transmit_side` and unregisters the stream from the broker.
+
+    .. method:: on_receive (broker)
+
+        Called by :py:class:`Broker` when the stream's :py:attr:`receive_side` has
+        been marked readable using :py:meth:`Broker.start_receive` and the
+        broker has detected the associated file descriptor is ready for
+        reading.
+
+        Subclasses must implement this method if
+        :py:meth:`Broker.start_receive` is ever called on them, and the method
+        must call :py:meth:`on_disconect` if reading produces an empty string.
+
+    .. method:: on_transmit (broker)
+
+        Called by :py:class:`Broker` when the stream's :py:attr:`transmit_side`
+        has been marked writeable using :py:meth:`Broker.start_transmit` and
+        the broker has detected the associated file descriptor is ready for
+        writing.
+
+        Subclasses must implement this method if
+        :py:meth:`Broker.start_transmit` is ever called on them.
+
+    .. method:: on_shutdown (broker)
+
+        Called by :py:meth:`Broker.shutdown` to allow the stream time to
+        gracefully shutdown. The base implementation simply called
+        :py:meth:`on_disconnect`.
 
 .. autoclass:: Stream
    :members:
diff --git a/mitogen/core.py b/mitogen/core.py
index c0492eea..eb35982a 100644
--- a/mitogen/core.py
+++ b/mitogen/core.py
@@ -550,46 +550,7 @@ class Side(object):
 
 
 class BasicStream(object):
-    """
-
-    .. method:: on_disconnect (broker)
-
-        Called by :py:class:`Broker` to force disconnect the stream. The base
-        implementation simply closes :py:attr:`receive_side` and
-        :py:attr:`transmit_side` and unregisters the stream from the broker.
-
-    .. method:: on_receive (broker)
-
-        Called by :py:class:`Broker` when the stream's :py:attr:`receive_side` has
-        been marked readable using :py:meth:`Broker.start_receive` and the
-        broker has detected the associated file descriptor is ready for
-        reading.
-
-        Subclasses must implement this method if
-        :py:meth:`Broker.start_receive` is ever called on them, and the method
-        must call :py:meth:`on_disconect` if reading produces an empty string.
-
-    .. method:: on_transmit (broker)
-
-        Called by :py:class:`Broker` when the stream's :py:attr:`transmit_side`
-        has been marked writeable using :py:meth:`Broker.start_transmit` and
-        the broker has detected the associated file descriptor is ready for
-        writing.
-
-        Subclasses must implement this method if
-        :py:meth:`Broker.start_transmit` is ever called on them.
-
-    .. method:: on_shutdown (broker)
-
-        Called by :py:meth:`Broker.shutdown` to allow the stream time to
-        gracefully shutdown. The base implementation simply called
-        :py:meth:`on_disconnect`.
-
-    """
-    #: A :py:class:`Side` representing the stream's receive file descriptor.
     receive_side = None
-
-    #: A :py:class:`Side` representing the stream's transmit file descriptor.
     transmit_side = None
 
     def on_disconnect(self, broker):