diff --git a/docs/details/widgets/menu.rst b/docs/details/widgets/menu.rst
index ded4a5622..0c1f5bd8d 100644
--- a/docs/details/widgets/menu.rst
+++ b/docs/details/widgets/menu.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Menu (lv_menu)
 Overview
 ********
 
-The Menu Widget can be used to easily create multi-level menus. It
-handles the traversal between Pages automatically.
+The Menu Widget can be used to create multi-level menus that automatically handle
+navigation among menu levels, and enable its user to capture page navigation and
+click events.
 
 
 .. _lv_menu_parts_and_styles:
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ The Menu Widget is built from the following Widgets:
 - Sidebar Page: :cpp:type:`lv_menu_page`
 
 
+
 .. _lv_menu_usage:
 
 Usage
@@ -41,12 +43,25 @@ Create a Menu
 
 :cpp:expr:`lv_menu_create(parent)` creates a new empty Menu.
 
+This creates a Menu Widget with this object hierarchy:
+
+    - Menu: :cpp:type:`lv_menu_t`
+        - Hidden Sub-Page Storage: :cpp:type:`lv_obj_t`
+        - Main container: :cpp:var:`lv_menu_main_cont_class`
+            - Main header: :cpp:var:`lv_menu_main_header_cont_class`
+                - Back button: :ref:`lv_button`
+                    - Back button icon: :ref:`lv_image`
+                - Main header title: :ref:`lv_label` (default hidden)
+
+Note that no sidebar is created.  You can create one later if you wish.
+
+
 Header mode
 -----------
 
 The following header modes exist:
 
-- :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_HEADER_TOP_FIXED` Header is positioned at the top.
+- :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_HEADER_TOP_FIXED` Header is positioned at the top.  (default)
 - :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_HEADER_TOP_UNFIXED` Header is positioned at the top and can be scrolled out of view.
 - :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_HEADER_BOTTOM_FIXED` Header is positioned at the bottom.
 
@@ -57,7 +72,7 @@ Root back button mode
 
 The following root back button modes exist:
 
-- :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_ROOT_BACK_BTN_DISABLED`
+- :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_ROOT_BACK_BTN_DISABLED`  (default)
 - :cpp:enumerator:`LV_MENU_ROOT_BACK_BTN_ENABLED`
 
 You can set root back button modes with
diff --git a/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.c b/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.c
index bf0a94c06..04f040bdc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.c
+++ b/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static void lv_menu_value_changed_event_cb(lv_event_t * e);
 /**********************
  *   GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
  **********************/
-bool lv_menu_item_back_button_is_root(lv_obj_t * menu, lv_obj_t * obj);
 void lv_menu_clear_history(lv_obj_t * obj);
 
 lv_obj_t * lv_menu_create(lv_obj_t * parent)
@@ -124,12 +123,12 @@ lv_obj_t * lv_menu_create(lv_obj_t * parent)
     return obj;
 }
 
-lv_obj_t * lv_menu_page_create(lv_obj_t * parent, char const * const title)
+lv_obj_t * lv_menu_page_create(lv_obj_t * menu, char const * const title)
 {
-    LV_ASSERT_OBJ(parent, MY_CLASS);
+    LV_ASSERT_OBJ(menu, MY_CLASS);
 
     LV_LOG_INFO("begin");
-    lv_obj_t * obj = lv_obj_class_create_obj(&lv_menu_page_class, parent);
+    lv_obj_t * obj = lv_obj_class_create_obj(&lv_menu_page_class, menu);
     lv_obj_class_init_obj(obj);
 
     lv_menu_page_t * page = (lv_menu_page_t *)obj;
diff --git a/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.h b/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.h
index 053f121a9..e7bcb7135 100644
--- a/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.h
+++ b/src/widgets/menu/lv_menu.h
@@ -60,12 +60,16 @@ LV_ATTRIBUTE_EXTERN_DATA extern const lv_obj_class_t lv_menu_main_header_cont_cl
 lv_obj_t * lv_menu_create(lv_obj_t * parent);
 
 /**
- * Create a menu page object
- * @param parent    pointer to menu object
+ * Create a menu page object.
+ *
+ * This call inserts the new page under menu->storage as its parent, which is itself a
+ * child of the menu, so the resulting object hierarchy is: menu => storage => new_page
+ * where `storage` is a Base Widget.
+ * @param menu      pointer to menu object.
  * @param title     pointer to text for title in header (NULL to not display title)
  * @return          pointer to the created menu page
  */
-lv_obj_t * lv_menu_page_create(lv_obj_t * parent, char const * const title);
+lv_obj_t * lv_menu_page_create(lv_obj_t * menu, char const * const title);
 
 /**
  * Create a menu cont object