diff --git a/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/mod.rs b/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/mod.rs
index 65ced9ea6a..18290805da 100644
--- a/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/mod.rs
+++ b/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/mod.rs
@@ -257,7 +257,31 @@ const G: DeviceSize = 1024 * M;
 ///
 /// # Safety
 ///
-/// TODO
+/// - `allocate`, `allocate_from_type` and `allocate_dedicated` must return a memory block that is
+///   in bounds of its device memory.
+/// - `allocate` and `allocate_from_type` must return a memory block that doesn't alias any other
+///   currently allocated memory blocks:
+///   - Two currently allocated memory blocks must not share any memory locations, meaning that the
+///     intersection of the byte ranges of the two memory blocks must be empty.
+///   - Two neighboring currently allocated memory blocks must not share any [page] whose size is
+///     given by the [buffer-image granularity], unless either both were allocated with
+///     [`AllocationType::Linear`] or both were allocated with [`AllocationType::NonLinear`].
+///   - For all [host-visible] memory types that are not [host-coherent], all memory blocks must be
+///     aligned to the [non-coherent atom size].
+///   - The size does **not** have to be padded to the alignment. That is, as long the offset is
+///     aligned and the memory blocks don't share any memory locations, a memory block is not
+///     considered to alias another even if the padded size shares memory locations with another
+///     memory block.
+/// - A memory block must stay allocated until either `deallocate` is called on it or the allocator
+///   is dropped. If the allocator is cloned, it must produce the same allocator, and memory blocks
+///   must stay allocated until either `deallocate` is called on the memory block using any of the
+///   clones or all of the clones have been dropped.
+///
+/// [page]: self#pages
+/// [buffer-image granularity]: self#buffer-image-granularity
+/// [host-visible]: MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_VISIBLE
+/// [host-coherent]: MemoryPropertyFlags::HOST_COHERENT
+/// [non-coherent atom size]: crate::device::Properties::non_coherent_atom_size
 pub unsafe trait MemoryAllocator: DeviceOwned + Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// Finds the most suitable memory type index in `memory_type_bits` using the given `filter`.
     /// Returns [`None`] if the requirements are too strict and no memory type is able to satisfy
diff --git a/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/suballocator.rs b/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/suballocator.rs
index bb922ba415..2b04df5a00 100644
--- a/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/suballocator.rs
+++ b/vulkano/src/memory/allocator/suballocator.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ use std::{
 /// trade-offs and are best suited to specific tasks. To account for all possible use-cases,
 /// Vulkano offers the ability to create *memory hierarchies*. We refer to the `DeviceMemory` as
 /// the root of any such hierarchy, even though technically the driver has levels that are further
-/// up, because those `DeviceMemory` blocks need to be allocated from physical memory [pages]
+/// up, because those `DeviceMemory` blocks need to be allocated from physical memory pages
 /// themselves, but since those levels are not accessible to us we don't need to consider them. You
 /// can create any number of levels/branches from there, bounded only by the amount of available
 /// memory within a `DeviceMemory` block. You can suballocate the root into regions, which are then
@@ -62,12 +62,31 @@ use std::{
 ///
 /// TODO
 ///
-/// # Implementing the trait
+/// # Safety
 ///
-/// TODO
+/// First consider using the provided implementations as there should be no reason to implement
+/// this trait, but if you **must**:
+///
+/// - `allocate` must return a memory block that is in bounds of the region.
+/// - `allocate` must return a memory block that doesn't alias any other currently allocated
+///   memory blocks:
+///   - Two currently allocated memory blocks must not share any memory locations, meaning that the
+///     intersection of the byte ranges of the two memory blocks must be empty.
+///   - Two neighboring currently allocated memory blocks must not share any [page] whose size is
+///     given by the [buffer-image granularity], unless either both were allocated with
+///     [`AllocationType::Linear`] or both were allocated with [`AllocationType::NonLinear`].
+///   - The size does **not** have to be padded to the alignment. That is, as long the offset is
+///     aligned and the memory blocks don't share any memory locations, a memory block is not
+///     considered to alias another even if the padded size shares memory locations with another
+///     memory block.
+/// - A memory block must stay allocated until either `deallocate` is called on it or the allocator
+///   is dropped. If the allocator is cloned, it must produce the same allocator, and memory blocks
+///   must stay allocated until either `deallocate` is called on the memory block using any of the
+///   clones or all of the clones have been dropped.
 ///
 /// [`DeviceMemory`]: crate::memory::DeviceMemory
-/// [pages]: super#pages
+/// [page]: super#pages
+/// [buffer-image granularity]: super#buffer-image-granularity
 pub unsafe trait Suballocator {
     /// Whether this allocator needs to block or not.
     ///