diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,17 +5,70 @@
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 [![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/ethereum/ethereumjs-lib.svg?style=flat-square)](https://gitter.im/ethereum/ethereumjs-lib) or #ethereumjs on freenode
 
-A collection of utility functions for ethereum. It can be used in node.js or can be in the browser with browserify.
+A collection of utility functions for Ethereum. It can be used in Node.js and in the browser with [browserify](http://browserify.org/).
+
+# INSTALL
+
+`npm install ethereumjs-util`
+
+# USAGE
+
+```js
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { isValidChecksumAddress, unpad, BN } from 'ethereumjs-util'
+
+const address = '0x2F015C60E0be116B1f0CD534704Db9c92118FB6A'
+assert.ok(isValidChecksumAddress(address))
+
+assert.equal(unpad('0000000006600'), '6600')
+
+assert.equal(new BN('dead', 16).add(new BN('101010', 2)), 57047)
+```
 
 # API
 
-[./docs/](./docs/README.md)
+## Documentation
+
+### Modules
+
+- [account](docs/modules/_account_.md)
+  - Private/public key and address-related functionality (creation, validation, conversion)
+- [bytes](docs/modules/_bytes_.md)
+  - Byte-related helper and conversion functions
+- [constants](docs/modules/_constants_.md)
+  - Exposed constants
+    - e.g. KECCAK256_NULL_S for string representation of Keccak-256 hash of null
+- [hash](docs/modules/_hash_.md)
+  - Hash functions
+- [object](docs/modules/_object_.md)
+  - Helper function for creating a binary object (`DEPRECATED`)
+- [signature](docs/modules/_signature_.md)
+  - Signing, signature validation, conversion, recovery
+- [externals](docs/modules/_externals_.md)
+  - Helper methods from `ethjs-util`
+  - Re-exports of `BN`, `rlp`, `secp256k1`
+
+### ethjs-util methods
+
+The following methods are available provided by [ethjs-util](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util):
 
-Most of the string manipulation methods are provided by [ethjs-util](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util)
+- arrayContainsArray
+- toBuffer
+- getBinarySize
+- stripHexPrefix
+- isHexPrefixed
+- isHexString
+- padToEven
+- intToHex
+- fromAscii
+- fromUtf8
+- toUtf8
+- toAscii
+- getKeys
 
----
+### Re-Exports
 
-Additionally ethereumjs-util re-exports a few commonly-used libraries. These include:
+Additionally `ethereumjs-util` re-exports a few commonly-used libraries. These include:
 
 - `BN` ([bn.js](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js))
 - `rlp` ([rlp](https://github.com/ethereumjs/rlp))
diff --git a/docs/modules/_externals_.md b/docs/modules/_externals_.md
index e9503464..8fb47642 100644
--- a/docs/modules/_externals_.md
+++ b/docs/modules/_externals_.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Module: "externals"
 
 Re-exports commonly used modules:
-* Adds [`ethjsUtil`](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util) methods.
-* Exports [`BN`](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js), [`rlp`](https://github.com/ethereumjs/rlp), [`secp256k1`](https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/secp256k1-node/)`.
+* Adds [`ethjs-util`](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util) methods.
+* Exports [`BN`](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js), [`rlp`](https://github.com/ethereumjs/rlp), [`secp256k1`](https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/secp256k1-node/).
diff --git a/src/externals.ts b/src/externals.ts
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--- a/src/externals.ts
+++ b/src/externals.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Re-exports commonly used modules:
- * * Adds [`ethjsUtil`](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util) methods.
- * * Exports [`BN`](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js), [`rlp`](https://github.com/ethereumjs/rlp), [`secp256k1`](https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/secp256k1-node/)`.
+ * * Adds [`ethjs-util`](https://github.com/ethjs/ethjs-util) methods.
+ * * Exports [`BN`](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js), [`rlp`](https://github.com/ethereumjs/rlp), [`secp256k1`](https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/secp256k1-node/).
  * @packageDocumentation
  */