diff --git a/eslint/jsdoc-config.js b/eslint/jsdoc-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f097c23181e15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint/jsdoc-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+module.exports = {
+	parser: 'babel-eslint',
+	env: {
+		browser: false,
+		es6: true,
+		node: true,
+	},
+	parserOptions: {
+		sourceType: 'module',
+		ecmaFeatures: {
+			jsx: true,
+		},
+	},
+	globals: {
+		wp: true,
+		window: true,
+		document: true,
+	},
+	plugins: [
+		'require-jsdoc-except',
+	],
+	rules: {
+		'valid-jsdoc': [ 'error', {
+			prefer: {
+				arg: 'param',
+				argument: 'param',
+				extends: 'augments',
+				returns: 'return',
+			},
+			preferType: {
+				array: 'Array',
+				bool: 'boolean',
+				Boolean: 'boolean',
+				float: 'number',
+				Float: 'number',
+				int: 'number',
+				integer: 'number',
+				Integer: 'number',
+				Number: 'number',
+				object: 'Object',
+				String: 'string',
+				Void: 'void',
+			},
+			requireParamDescription: false,
+			requireReturn: false,
+		} ],
+		'require-jsdoc': 'off',
+		'require-jsdoc-except/require-jsdoc': [ 'error', {
+			require: {
+				FunctionDeclaration: true,
+				MethodDefinition: false,
+				ClassDeclaration: true,
+				ArrowFunctionExpression: true,
+				FunctionExpression: true,
+			},
+			ignore: [ 'constructor', 'render' ],
+		} ],
+	},
+};
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ea8382f40d9db1..d38b13a163e990 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@
 			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
 				"browserslist": "1.7.7",
-				"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000804",
+				"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000830",
 				"lodash.memoize": "4.1.2",
 				"lodash.uniq": "4.5.0"
 			},
@@ -2433,16 +2433,16 @@
 					"integrity": "sha1-C9dnBCWL6CmyOYu1Dkti0aFmsLk=",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000804",
+						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000830",
 						"electron-to-chromium": "1.3.33"
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		},
 		"caniuse-db": {
-			"version": "1.0.30000804",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-db/-/caniuse-db-1.0.30000804.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-hP60IBj8ZM9q/2Nx5DEV8pLAAXk=",
+			"version": "1.0.30000830",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-db/-/caniuse-db-1.0.30000830.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-bkUlWzRWSf0V/1kHLaHhK7PeLxM=",
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"caniuse-lite": {
@@ -3865,7 +3865,7 @@
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
 						"browserslist": "1.7.7",
-						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000804",
+						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000830",
 						"normalize-range": "0.1.2",
 						"num2fraction": "1.2.2",
 						"postcss": "5.2.18",
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@
 					"integrity": "sha1-C9dnBCWL6CmyOYu1Dkti0aFmsLk=",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000804",
+						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000830",
 						"electron-to-chromium": "1.3.33"
 					}
 				}
@@ -4821,6 +4821,16 @@
 				}
 			}
 		},
+		"eslint-plugin-require-jsdoc-except": {
+			"version": "1.1.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-plugin-require-jsdoc-except/-/eslint-plugin-require-jsdoc-except-1.1.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-s2dT/DwtRA0+wbrhXBvghB5Q0pjThSo2j336RUJ7QhhiBmZPwiEcOUIe55N57ZuyOTorHsPQhr1uedmQeVBuPQ==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"requires": {
+				"lodash.assignin": "4.2.0",
+				"lodash.get": "4.4.2"
+			}
+		},
 		"eslint-plugin-wordpress": {
 			"version": "git://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/eslint-plugin-wordpress.git#1774343f6226052a46b081e01db3fca8793cc9f1",
 			"requires": {
@@ -9326,6 +9336,12 @@
 			"integrity": "sha1-DZnzzNem0mHRm9rrkkUAXShYCOc=",
 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"lodash.assignin": {
+			"version": "4.2.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.assignin/-/lodash.assignin-4.2.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-uo31+4QesKPoBEIysOJjqNxqKKI=",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"lodash.clonedeep": {
 			"version": "4.5.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.0.tgz",
@@ -9343,6 +9359,12 @@
 			"integrity": "sha1-+wMJF/hqMTTlvJvsDWngAT3f7bI=",
 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"lodash.get": {
+			"version": "4.4.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-LRd/ZS+jHpObRDjVNBSZ36OCXpk=",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"lodash.isarguments": {
 			"version": "3.1.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isarguments/-/lodash.isarguments-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -11369,7 +11391,7 @@
 				"caniuse-api": "1.6.1",
 				"postcss": "5.2.18",
 				"postcss-selector-parser": "2.2.3",
-				"vendors": "1.0.1"
+				"vendors": "1.0.2"
 			},
 			"dependencies": {
 				"browserslist": {
@@ -11378,7 +11400,7 @@
 					"integrity": "sha1-C9dnBCWL6CmyOYu1Dkti0aFmsLk=",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000804",
+						"caniuse-db": "1.0.30000830",
 						"electron-to-chromium": "1.3.33"
 					}
 				}
@@ -12562,53 +12584,48 @@
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 			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
-				"chalk": "2.3.0",
+				"chalk": "2.4.0",
 				"findup": "0.1.5",
 				"mkdirp": "0.5.1",
-				"postcss": "6.0.17",
+				"postcss": "6.0.21",
 				"strip-json-comments": "2.0.1"
 			},
 			"dependencies": {
 				"ansi-styles": {
-					"version": "3.2.0",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.0.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-NnSOmMEYtVR2JVMIGTzynRkkaxtiq1xnFBcdQD/DnNCYPoEPsVJhM98BDyaoNOQIi7p4okdi3E27eN7GQbsUug==",
+					"version": "3.2.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-VT0ZI6kZRdTh8YyJw3SMbYm/u+NqfsAxEpWO0Pf9sq8/e94WxxOpPKx9FR1FlyCtOVDNOQ+8ntlqFxiRc+r5qA==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
 						"color-convert": "1.9.1"
 					}
 				},
 				"chalk": {
-					"version": "2.3.0",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.0.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-Az5zJR2CBujap2rqXGaJKaPHyJ0IrUimvYNX+ncCy8PJP4ltOGTrHUIo097ZaL2zMeKYpiCdqDvS6zdrTFok3Q==",
+					"version": "2.4.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-Wr/w0f4o9LuE7K53cD0qmbAMM+2XNLzR29vFn5hqko4sxGlUsyy363NvmyGIyk5tpe9cjTr9SJYbysEyPkRnFw==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"ansi-styles": "3.2.0",
+						"ansi-styles": "3.2.1",
 						"escape-string-regexp": "1.0.5",
-						"supports-color": "4.5.0"
+						"supports-color": "5.4.0"
 					}
 				},
+				"has-flag": {
+					"version": "3.0.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0=",
+					"dev": true
+				},
 				"postcss": {
-					"version": "6.0.17",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-6.0.17.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-Bl1nybsSzWYbP8O4gAVD8JIjZIul9hLNOPTGBIlVmZNUnNAGL+W0cpYWzVwfImZOwumct4c1SDvSbncVWKtXUw==",
+					"version": "6.0.21",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-6.0.21.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-y/bKfbQz2Nn/QBC08bwvYUxEFOVGfPIUOTsJ2CK5inzlXW9SdYR1x4pEsG9blRAF/PX+wRNdOah+gx/hv4q7dw==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"chalk": "2.3.0",
+						"chalk": "2.4.0",
 						"source-map": "0.6.1",
-						"supports-color": "5.1.0"
-					},
-					"dependencies": {
-						"supports-color": {
-							"version": "5.1.0",
-							"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.1.0.tgz",
-							"integrity": "sha512-Ry0AwkoKjDpVKK4sV4h6o3UJmNRbjYm2uXhwfj3J56lMVdvnUNqzQVRztOOMGQ++w1K/TjNDFvpJk0F/LoeBCQ==",
-							"dev": true,
-							"requires": {
-								"has-flag": "2.0.0"
-							}
-						}
+						"supports-color": "5.4.0"
 					}
 				},
 				"source-map": {
@@ -12618,12 +12635,12 @@
 					"dev": true
 				},
 				"supports-color": {
-					"version": "4.5.0",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha1-vnoN5ITexcXN34s9WRJQRJEvY1s=",
+					"version": "5.4.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-zjaXglF5nnWpsq470jSv6P9DwPvgLkuapYmfDm3JWOm0vkNTVF2tI4UrN2r6jH1qM/uc/WtxYY1hYoA2dOKj5w==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"has-flag": "2.0.0"
+						"has-flag": "3.0.0"
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -14499,9 +14516,9 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"vendors": {
-			"version": "1.0.1",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vendors/-/vendors-1.0.1.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-N61zyO5Bf7PVgOeFMSMH0nSEfyI=",
+			"version": "1.0.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vendors/-/vendors-1.0.2.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-w/hry/368nO21AN9QljsaIhb9ZiZtZARoVH5f3CsFbawdLdayCgKRPup7CggujvySMxx0I91NOyxdVENohprLQ==",
 			"dev": true
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e23656843c165f..67873e876f8d49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-jest": "21.5.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.0.2",
 		"eslint-plugin-react": "7.7.0",
+		"eslint-plugin-require-jsdoc-except": "1.1.0",
 		"extract-text-webpack-plugin": "4.0.0-beta.0",
 		"node-sass": "4.7.2",
 		"pegjs": "0.10.0",
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
 		"build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack",
 		"lint": "eslint .",
 		"lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
+		"lint:jsdoc": "eslint . --config eslint/jsdoc-config.js",
 		"lint-php": "docker-compose run --rm composer run-script lint",
 		"predev": "check-node-version --package",
 		"dev": "cross-env webpack --watch",