diff --git a/storefd-listen/src/lib.rs b/storefd-listen/src/lib.rs
index 249d82b..bdb5fcf 100644
--- a/storefd-listen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/storefd-listen/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 //! Support for file descriptor passing with `LISTEN_FD`
 //!
-//! The entrypoints of this module are [`FileDescriptor::receive()`] and [`FileDescriptor::receive_with_names()`]. (And their **`unsafe`** `*_no_dup` variants.)
+//! The entrypoints of this module are [`FileDescriptor::receive()`] and [`FileDescriptor::receive_with_names()`]. (And their `*_no_dup` variants.)
+//!
+//! **All the `receive` functions are unsafe as they rely on states that cannot be checked by the
+//! rust compiler** (namely that the raw filedescriptors passed to the program (that aren't known
+//! to the compiler) haven't been taken or closed already).
 //!
 //! ```no_run
-//! # main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-//! let received_fd: Vec<FileDescriptor> =  FileDescriptor::receive_with_names(true)
-//!     .into_iter()
-//!     .filter_map(|(name, res)| {
-//!         if name == "<expected_filename>" {
-//!             Some(res)
-//!         } else {
-//!             None
-//!         }
-//!     })
-//!     .collect()?
-//! // Use the received file descriptors.
-//! # Ok(())
-//! # }
+//! main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+//!     // SAFETY: First thing we are doing so the file descriptors shouldn't have changed since they were passed to us.
+//!     let received_fd: Vec<FileDescriptor> =  unsafe { FileDescriptor::receive_with_names(true) }
+//!         .into_iter()
+//!         .filter_map(|(name, res)| {
+//!             if name == "<expected_filename>" {
+//!                 Some(res)
+//!             } else {
+//!                 None
+//!             }
+//!         })
+//!         .collect()?
+//!     // Use the received file descriptors.
+//!     Ok(())
+//! }
 //! ```
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -105,7 +110,13 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// This function will fail if no file descriptor could be received which might not actually be an error. See [`ReceiveError`] for details.
-    pub fn receive(
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct or closed.
+    /// (In short it needs to follow the safety constraints of [`OwnedFd::from_raw_fd`](std::os::fd::FromRawFd)).
+    /// The simplest way to insure that it is so is to only use functions from this crate to get these file descriptors.
+    pub unsafe fn receive(
         unset_env: bool,
     ) -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item = Result<Self, DupError>>, ReceiveError> {
         log::trace!("Receiving file descriptors.");
@@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
-    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct.
+    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct or closed.
     /// (In short it needs to follow the safety constraints of [`OwnedFd::from_raw_fd`](std::os::fd::FromRawFd)).
     /// The simplest way to insure that it is so is to only use functions from this crate to get these file descriptors.
     pub unsafe fn receive_no_dup() -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item = Self>, ReceiveError> {
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
         Self::from_fds_no_dup(fds).map_err(ReceiveError::GetFds)
     }
 
-    fn inner_receive(unset_env: bool) -> Result<usize, ReceiveError> {
+    unsafe fn inner_receive(unset_env: bool) -> Result<usize, ReceiveError> {
         let pid = env::var_os(PID_VAR).ok_or(ReceiveError::NoListenPID)?;
         let fds = env::var_os(FD_NUMBER_VAR).ok_or(ReceiveError::NoListenFD)?;
         log::trace!("{PID_VAR} = {pid:?}; {FD_NUMBER_VAR} = {fds:?}");
@@ -181,7 +192,13 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// This function will fail if no file descriptors could be obtained or the names associated with them couldn't be obtained. See [`ReceiveNameError`] for details.
-    pub fn receive_with_names(
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct or closed.
+    /// (In short it needs to follow the safety constraints of [`OwnedFd::from_raw_fd`](std::os::fd::FromRawFd)).
+    /// The simplest way to insure that it is so is to only use functions from this crate to get these file descriptors.
+    pub unsafe fn receive_with_names(
         unset_env: bool,
     ) -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item = (OsString, Result<Self, DupError>)>, ReceiveNameError>
     {
@@ -203,7 +220,7 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
-    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct.
+    /// This function is safe if (and only if) the received file descriptors weren't already taken into a owned rust struct or closed.
     /// (In short it needs to follow the safety constraints of [`OwnedFd::from_raw_fd`](std::os::fd::FromRawFd)).
     /// The simplest way to insure that it is so is to only use functions from this crate to get these file descriptors.
     pub unsafe fn receive_with_names_no_dup(
@@ -228,7 +245,7 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>())
     }
 
-    fn from_fd_offset(fd_offset: usize) -> Result<Self, DupError> {
+    unsafe fn from_fd_offset(fd_offset: usize) -> Result<Self, DupError> {
         SD_LISTEN_FDS_START
             .checked_add(fd_offset as RawFd)
             .map(|fd| {
@@ -240,14 +257,14 @@ impl FileDescriptor {
             .map(Self::from_fd)
     }
 
-    fn from_fds(
+    unsafe fn from_fds(
         num_fds: usize,
     ) -> Result<impl IntoIterator<Item = Result<Self, DupError>>, GetFdsError> {
         if SD_LISTEN_FDS_START.checked_add(num_fds as RawFd).is_none() {
             return Err(GetFdsError::TooManyFDs(num_fds));
         }
 
-        let ret = (0..num_fds).map(Self::from_fd_offset);
+        let ret = (0..num_fds).map(|fd_offset| unsafe { Self::from_fd_offset(fd_offset) });
         Ok(ret)
     }