diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 91030e7d4..acf518a5e 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ UgridDataArray or UgridDataset.
     UgridDatasetAccessor.assign_edge_coords
     UgridDatasetAccessor.assign_face_coords
     UgridDatasetAccessor.set_node_coords
+    UgridDatasetAccessor.grid
+    UgridDatasetAccessor.name
+    UgridDatasetAccessor.names
+    UgridDatasetAccessor.topology
     UgridDatasetAccessor.bounds
     UgridDatasetAccessor.total_bounds
     UgridDatasetAccessor.crs
@@ -84,9 +88,13 @@ UgridDataArray or UgridDataset.
 
     UgridDataArrayAccessor
     UgridDataArrayAccessor.assign_node_coords
-    UgridDatasetAccessor.assign_edge_coords
-    UgridDatasetAccessor.assign_face_coords
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.assign_edge_coords
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.assign_face_coords
     UgridDataArrayAccessor.set_node_coords
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.grids
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.name
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.names
+    UgridDataArrayAccessor.topology
     UgridDataArrayAccessor.bounds
     UgridDataArrayAccessor.total_bounds
     UgridDataArrayAccessor.crs
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bdf50586c..81d77bfe4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ Added
   The result can be used to define a valid subselection.
 - :meth:`xugrid.Ugrid2d.from_structured_bounds` can be used to generate
   a Ugrid2d topology from x and y bounds arrays.
+- :attr:`xugrid.UgridDatasetAccessor.name`,
+  :attr:`xugrid.UgridDatasetAccessor.names`,
+  :attr:`xugrid.UgridDatasetAccessor.topology`; and
+  :attr:`xugrid.UgridDataArrayAccessor.name`,
+  :attr:`xugrid.UgridDataArrayAccessor.names`,
+  :attr:`xugrid.UgridDataArrayAccessor.topology` have been added to provide
+  easier access to the names of the UGRID topologies.
 
 Fixed
 ~~~~~
diff --git a/xugrid/core/dataarray_accessor.py b/xugrid/core/dataarray_accessor.py
index 6454ea03a..a53489a33 100644
--- a/xugrid/core/dataarray_accessor.py
+++ b/xugrid/core/dataarray_accessor.py
@@ -26,18 +26,28 @@ def __init__(self, obj: xr.DataArray, grid: UgridType):
 
     @property
     def grids(self) -> List[UgridType]:
+        """
+        The UGRID topology of this DataArry, as a list. Included for
+        consistency with UgridDataset.
+        """
         return [self.grid]
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
+        """Name of the UGRID topology of this DataArray."""
         return self.grid.name
 
     @property
     def names(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Name of the UGRID topology, as a list. Included for consistency with
+        UgridDataset.
+        """
         return [self.grid.name]
 
     @property
     def topology(self) -> Dict[str, UgridType]:
+        """Mapping from name to UGRID topology."""
         return {self.name: self.grid}
 
     @property
diff --git a/xugrid/core/dataset_accessor.py b/xugrid/core/dataset_accessor.py
index 5a704b274..0ee208ad4 100644
--- a/xugrid/core/dataset_accessor.py
+++ b/xugrid/core/dataset_accessor.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def __init__(self, obj: xr.Dataset, grids: Sequence[UgridType]):
 
     @property
     def grid(self) -> UgridType:
+        """
+        Returns the single UGRID topology in this dataset. Raises a TypeError if
+        the dataset contains more than one topology.
+        """
         ngrid = len(self.grids)
         if ngrid == 1:
             return self.grids[0]
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@ def grid(self) -> UgridType:
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns name of the single UGRID topology in this dataset. Raises a
+        TypeError if the dataset contains more than one topology.
+        """
         ngrid = len(self.grids)
         if ngrid == 1:
             return self.grid.name
@@ -41,10 +49,12 @@ def name(self) -> str:
 
     @property
     def names(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Names of all the UGRID topologies in the dataset."""
         return [grid.name for grid in self.grids]
 
     @property
     def topology(self) -> Dict[str, UgridType]:
+        """Mapping from names to UGRID topologies."""
         return {grid.name: grid for grid in self.grids}
 
     @property