2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00767a0..44d7387 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ account, err := gopherschwift.Wrap(client, nil)
 ```
 
 From this point, follow the [API documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/majewsky/schwift) for what you can do with
-the `schwift.Account` object.
+the `schwift.Account` object. For example, to download an object's contents into a string:
+
+```
+text, err := account.Container("foo").Object("bar.txt").Download(nil).AsString()
+```
 
 ## Why another Swift client library?
 
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 1d0dca5..e4e7809 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ have access to all of schwift's API:
 
 	account, err := gopherschwift.Wrap(client)
 
+For example, to download an object's contents into a string:
+
+	text, err := account.Container("foo").Object("bar.txt").Download(nil).AsString()
+
 Authentication with a different OpenStack library
 
 If you use a different Go library to handle Keystone/Swift authentication, take