diff --git a/docs/server/configuration.md b/docs/server/configuration.md
index c93582b2..f40edf2b 100644
--- a/docs/server/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/server/configuration.md
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 # Server configuration
 
-`WireframeServer` provides a builder API for adjusting runtime behaviour. This
-guide focuses on tuning the exponential backoff used when accepting connections
-fails.
+`WireframeServer` provides a builder API for adjusting runtime behaviour. The
+server employs a typestate (from `Unbound` to `Bound`) to ensure that binding
+occurs before runtime: unbound servers do not expose `run` methods. This guide
+focuses on tuning the exponential backoff used when accepting connections fails.
+
+```rust,no_run
+use wireframe::{app::WireframeApp, server::WireframeServer};
+
+# #[tokio::main]
+# async fn main() -> Result<(), wireframe::server::ServerError> {
+let server = WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::default())
+    .bind(([127, 0, 0, 1], 0).into())?;
+server.run().await?;
+# Ok(())
+# }
+```
 
 ## Accept loop backoff
 
diff --git a/src/server/config/mod.rs b/src/server/config/mod.rs
index cd742850..01e844f5 100644
--- a/src/server/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/config/mod.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
 //! TCP binding is provided via the [`binding`](self::binding) module; preamble
 //! behaviour is customized via the [`preamble`](self::preamble) module. The
 //! server may be constructed unbound and later bound using
-//! [`bind`](WireframeServer::bind) or
-//! [`bind_existing_listener`](WireframeServer::bind_existing_listener) on [`Unbound`] servers.
+//! [`bind`](super::WireframeServer::bind) or
+//! [`bind_existing_listener`](super::WireframeServer::bind_existing_listener) on
+//! [`Unbound`](super::Unbound) servers. The `run` methods are available only once
+//! the server is [`Bound`](super::Bound), enforcing at compile time that the
+//! binding step
+//! cannot be skipped.
 
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
diff --git a/src/server/runtime.rs b/src/server/runtime.rs
index 95df19ae..0f469940 100644
--- a/src/server/runtime.rs
+++ b/src/server/runtime.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ where
     /// # }
     /// ```
     ///
+    /// Attempting to run a server without binding fails to compile:
+    ///
+    /// Binding specifies the network address for the server to listen on.
+    /// It is required so the server knows where to accept incoming connections.
+    ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// use wireframe::{app::WireframeApp, server::WireframeServer};
+    ///
+    /// async fn try_run() {
+    ///     WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::default())
+    ///         .run()
+    ///         .await
+    ///         .expect("unbound servers do not expose run()");
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// Returns a [`ServerError`] if runtime initialisation fails.
@@ -113,6 +129,22 @@ where
     /// # }
     /// ```
     ///
+    /// Attempting to run a server without binding fails to compile:
+    ///
+    /// Binding specifies the network address for the server to listen on.
+    /// It is required so the server knows where to accept incoming connections.
+    ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// use wireframe::{app::WireframeApp, server::WireframeServer};
+    ///
+    /// async fn try_run_with_shutdown() {
+    ///     WireframeServer::new(|| WireframeApp::default())
+    ///         .run_with_shutdown(async {})
+    ///         .await
+    ///         .expect("unbound servers do not expose run_with_shutdown()");
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// Returns a [`ServerError`] if runtime initialisation fails.