diff --git a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
index b15fd3b7017..34041afa4c5 100644
--- a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -265,11 +265,20 @@ pub fn main_rt(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     entry::main(args, item, false)
 }
 
-/// Marks async function to be executed by runtime, suitable to test environment
+/// Marks async function to be executed by runtime, suitable to test environment.
+/// This macro helps set up a `Runtime` without requiring the user to use
+/// [Runtime](../tokio/runtime/struct.Runtime.html) or
+/// [Builder](../tokio/runtime/struct.Builder.html) directly.
 ///
-/// ## Usage
+/// Note: This macro is designed to be simplistic and targets applications that
+/// do not require a complex setup. If the provided functionality is not
+/// sufficient, you may be interested in using
+/// [Builder](../tokio/runtime/struct.Builder.html), which provides a more
+/// powerful interface.
 ///
-/// ### Multi-thread runtime
+/// # Multi-threaded runtime
+///
+/// To use the multi-threaded runtime, the macro can be configured using
 ///
 /// ```no_run
 /// #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 1)]
@@ -278,9 +287,52 @@ pub fn main_rt(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// ### Using default
+/// The `worker_threads` option configures the number of worker threads, and
+/// defaults to the number of cpus on the system. This is the default
+/// flavor.
+///
+/// Note: The multi-threaded runtime requires the `rt-multi-thread` feature
+/// flag.
+///
+/// # Current thread runtime
+///
+/// The default test runtime is single-threaded. Each test gets a
+/// separate current-thread runtime.
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[tokio::test]
+/// async fn my_test() {
+///     assert!(true);
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## Usage
+///
+/// ### Using the multi-thread runtime
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+/// async fn my_test() {
+///     assert!(true);
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// Equivalent code not using `#[tokio::test]`
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[test]
+/// fn my_test() {
+///     tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+///         .enable_all()
+///         .build()
+///         .unwrap()
+///         .block_on(async {
+///             assert!(true);
+///         })
+/// }
+/// ```
 ///
-/// The default test runtime is single-threaded.
+/// ### Using current thread runtime
 ///
 /// ```no_run
 /// #[tokio::test]
@@ -289,6 +341,46 @@ pub fn main_rt(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
+/// Equivalent code not using `#[tokio::test]`
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[test]
+/// fn my_test() {
+///     tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+///         .enable_all()
+///         .build()
+///         .unwrap()
+///         .block_on(async {
+///             assert!(true);
+///         })
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ### Set number of worker threads
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[tokio::test(flavor ="multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+/// async fn my_test() {
+///     assert!(true);
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// Equivalent code not using `#[tokio::test]`
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[test]
+/// fn my_test() {
+///     tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+///         .worker_threads(2)
+///         .enable_all()
+///         .build()
+///         .unwrap()
+///         .block_on(async {
+///             assert!(true);
+///         })
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
 /// ### Configure the runtime to start with time paused
 ///
 /// ```no_run
@@ -298,6 +390,22 @@ pub fn main_rt(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
+/// Equivalent code not using `#[tokio::test]`
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[test]
+/// fn my_test() {
+///     tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+///         .enable_all()
+///         .start_paused(true)
+///         .build()
+///         .unwrap()
+///         .block_on(async {
+///             assert!(true);
+///         })
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
 /// Note that `start_paused` requires the `test-util` feature to be enabled.
 ///
 /// ### Rename package