diff --git a/ui/types/message.go b/ui/types/message.go
index 5cbc61d..e212a80 100644
--- a/ui/types/message.go
+++ b/ui/types/message.go
@@ -25,55 +25,176 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 )
 
+// MessageState is an enum to specify if a Message is being sent, failed to send or was successfully sent.
+type MessageState int
+
+// Allowed MessageStates.
+const (
+	MessageStateSending MessageState = iota
+	MessageStateDefault
+	MessageStateFailed
+)
+
+// Message is a wrapper for the content and metadata of a Matrix message intended to be displayed.
 type Message struct {
-	BasicMeta
-	Type            string
 	ID              string
+	Type            string
+	Sender          string
+	SenderColor     tcell.Color
+	Timestamp       string
+	Date            string
 	Text            string
-	sending         bool
+	State           MessageState
 	buffer          []string
 	prevBufferWidth int
 }
 
+// NewMessage creates a new Message object with the provided values and the default state.
 func NewMessage(id, sender, msgtype, text, timestamp, date string, senderColor tcell.Color) *Message {
 	return &Message{
-		BasicMeta: BasicMeta{
-			Sender:         sender,
-			Timestamp:      timestamp,
-			Date:           date,
-			SenderColor:    senderColor,
-			TextColor:      tcell.ColorDefault,
-			TimestampColor: tcell.ColorDefault,
-		},
+		Sender:          sender,
+		Timestamp:       timestamp,
+		Date:            date,
+		SenderColor:     senderColor,
 		Type:            msgtype,
 		Text:            text,
 		ID:              id,
 		prevBufferWidth: 0,
-		sending:         false,
+		State:           MessageStateDefault,
 	}
 }
 
+// CopyTo copies the content of this message to the given message.
+func (message *Message) CopyTo(to *Message) {
+	to.ID = message.ID
+	to.Type = message.Type
+	to.Sender = message.Sender
+	to.SenderColor = message.SenderColor
+	to.Timestamp = message.Timestamp
+	to.Date = message.Date
+	to.Text = message.Text
+	to.RecalculateBuffer()
+}
+
+// GetSender gets the string that should be displayed as the sender of this message.
+//
+// If the message is being sent, the sender is "Sending...".
+// If sending has failed, the sender is "Error".
+// If the message is an emote, the sender is blank.
+// In any other case, the sender is the display name of the user who sent the message.
+func (message *Message) GetSender() string {
+	switch message.State {
+	case MessageStateSending:
+		return "Sending..."
+	case MessageStateFailed:
+		return "Error"
+	}
+	switch message.Type {
+	case "m.emote":
+		// Emotes don't show a separate sender, it's included in the buffer.
+		return ""
+	default:
+		return message.Sender
+	}
+}
+
+// GetSenderColor returns the color the name of the sender should be shown in.
+//
+// If the message is being sent, the color is gray.
+// If sending has failed, the color is red.
+//
+// In any other case, the color is whatever is specified in the Message struct.
+// Usually that means it is the hash-based color of the sender (see ui/widget/color.go)
+func (message *Message) GetSenderColor() tcell.Color {
+	switch message.State {
+	case MessageStateSending:
+		return tcell.ColorGray
+	case MessageStateFailed:
+		return tcell.ColorRed
+	case MessageStateDefault:
+		fallthrough
+	default:
+		return message.SenderColor
+	}
+}
+
+// GetTextColor returns the color the actual content of the message should be shown in.
+//
+// As with GetSenderColor(), messages being sent and messages that failed to be sent are
+// gray and red respectively.
+//
+// However, other messages are the default color instead of a color stored in the struct.
+func (message *Message) GetTextColor() tcell.Color {
+	switch message.State {
+	case MessageStateSending:
+		return tcell.ColorGray
+	case MessageStateFailed:
+		return tcell.ColorRed
+	default:
+		return tcell.ColorDefault
+	}
+}
+
+// GetTimestampColor returns the color the timestamp should be shown in.
+//
+// Currently, this simply calls GetTextColor().
+func (message *Message) GetTimestampColor() tcell.Color {
+	return message.GetTextColor()
+}
+
+// RecalculateBuffer calculates the buffer again with the previously provided width.
+func (message *Message) RecalculateBuffer() {
+	message.CalculateBuffer(message.prevBufferWidth)
+}
+
+// Buffer returns the computed text buffer.
+//
+// The buffer contains the text of the message split into lines with a maximum
+// width of whatever was provided to CalculateBuffer().
+//
+// N.B. This will NOT automatically calculate the buffer if it hasn't been
+//      calculated already, as that requires the target width.
+func (message *Message) Buffer() []string {
+	return message.buffer
+}
+
+// Height returns the number of rows in the computed buffer (see Buffer()).
+func (message *Message) Height() int {
+	return len(message.buffer)
+}
+
+// GetTimestamp returns the formatted time when the message was sent.
+func (message *Message) GetTimestamp() string {
+	return message.Timestamp
+}
+
+// GetDate returns the formatted date when the message was sent.
+func (message *Message) GetDate() string {
+	return message.Date
+}
+
+// Regular expressions used to split lines when calculating the buffer.
+//
+// From tview/textview.go
 var (
 	boundaryPattern = regexp.MustCompile("([[:punct:]]\\s*|\\s+)")
 	spacePattern    = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
 )
 
-func (message *Message) CopyTo(to *Message) {
-	to.BasicMeta = message.BasicMeta
-	to.ID = message.ID
-	to.Text = message.Text
-	to.RecalculateBuffer()
-}
-
+// CalculateBuffer generates the internal buffer for this message that consists
+// of the text of this message split into lines at most as wide as the width
+// parameter.
 func (message *Message) CalculateBuffer(width int) {
 	if width < 2 {
 		return
 	}
+
 	message.buffer = []string{}
 	text := message.Text
 	if message.Type == "m.emote" {
 		text = fmt.Sprintf("* %s %s", message.Sender, message.Text)
 	}
+
 	forcedLinebreaks := strings.Split(text, "\n")
 	newlines := 0
 	for _, str := range forcedLinebreaks {
@@ -102,31 +223,3 @@ func (message *Message) CalculateBuffer(width int) {
 	}
 	message.prevBufferWidth = width
 }
-
-func (message *Message) GetDisplaySender() string {
-	if message.sending {
-		return "Sending..."
-	}
-	switch message.Type {
-	case "m.emote":
-		return ""
-	default:
-		return message.Sender
-	}
-}
-
-func (message *Message) SetIsSending(sending bool) {
-	message.sending = sending
-}
-
-func (message *Message) RecalculateBuffer() {
-	message.CalculateBuffer(message.prevBufferWidth)
-}
-
-func (message *Message) Buffer() []string {
-	return message.buffer
-}
-
-func (message *Message) Height() int {
-	return len(message.buffer)
-}
diff --git a/ui/types/meta.go b/ui/types/meta.go
index 03e18d6..fdc6dba 100644
--- a/ui/types/meta.go
+++ b/ui/types/meta.go
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
 )
 
+// MessageMeta is an interface to get the metadata of a message.
+//
+// See BasicMeta for a simple implementation and documentation of methods.
 type MessageMeta interface {
 	GetSender() string
-	GetDisplaySender() string
 	GetSenderColor() tcell.Color
 	GetTextColor() tcell.Color
 	GetTimestampColor() tcell.Color
@@ -30,35 +32,40 @@ type MessageMeta interface {
 	GetDate() string
 }
 
+// BasicMeta is a simple variable store implementation of MessageMeta.
 type BasicMeta struct {
 	Sender, Timestamp, Date                string
 	SenderColor, TextColor, TimestampColor tcell.Color
 }
 
-func (meta *BasicMeta) GetDisplaySender() string {
-	return meta.Sender
-}
-
+// GetSender gets the string that should be displayed as the sender of this message.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetSender() string {
 	return meta.Sender
 }
 
+// GetSenderColor returns the color the name of the sender should be shown in.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetSenderColor() tcell.Color {
 	return meta.SenderColor
 }
 
+// GetTimestamp returns the formatted time when the message was sent.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetTimestamp() string {
 	return meta.Timestamp
 }
 
+// GetDate returns the formatted date when the message was sent.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetDate() string {
 	return meta.Date
 }
 
+// GetTextColor returns the color the actual content of the message should be shown in.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetTextColor() tcell.Color {
 	return meta.TextColor
 }
 
+// GetTimestampColor returns the color the timestamp should be shown in.
+//
+// This usually does not apply to the date, as it is rendered separately from the message.
 func (meta *BasicMeta) GetTimestampColor() tcell.Color {
 	return meta.TimestampColor
 }
diff --git a/ui/widget/message-view.go b/ui/widget/message-view.go
index a4ba236..444aa03 100644
--- a/ui/widget/message-view.go
+++ b/ui/widget/message-view.go
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ func (view *MessageView) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
 		screen.SetContent(separatorX, separatorY, view.Separator, nil, tcell.StyleDefault)
 	}
 
-	var prevMeta types.MessageMeta
 	indexOffset := len(view.textBuffer) - view.ScrollOffset - height
 	if indexOffset <= -PaddingAtTop {
 		message := "Scroll up to load more messages."
@@ -324,10 +323,13 @@ func (view *MessageView) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
 		}
 		view.writeLine(screen, message, x+messageOffsetX, y, tcell.ColorGreen)
 	}
+
 	if len(view.textBuffer) != len(view.metaBuffer) {
 		debug.ExtPrintf("Unexpected text/meta buffer length mismatch: %d != %d.", len(view.textBuffer), len(view.metaBuffer))
 		return
 	}
+
+	var prevMeta types.MessageMeta
 	for line := 0; line < height; line++ {
 		index := indexOffset + line
 		if index < 0 {
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ func (view *MessageView) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
 			}
 			if prevMeta == nil || meta.GetSender() != prevMeta.GetSender() {
 				view.writeLineRight(
-					screen, meta.GetDisplaySender(),
+					screen, meta.GetSender(),
 					x+usernameOffsetX, y+line,
 					view.widestSender, meta.GetSenderColor())
 			}